Michigan Bell Telephone Co. ; Buildings . Downtown Sculpture. “Young Lady & Her Suite” by Alexander Calder.

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Description:

View of sculpture by Alexander Calder, "Jeune fille et sa suite" or "Young lady and her entourage" in front of Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Detroit, Michigan. "Typical of Calder's witty manner, the young lady of the title is suggested perhaps by the tall, curvilinear shape at the center of the sculpture and her suite of attendants by the more geometrical forms to either side, the twenty-ton sculpture was fabricated in France, where Calder lived and worked most of his life and was assembled in Detroit, originally painted black at Calder's behest, Jeune Fille was repainted "Calder red" in 1985," from Art in Detroit Public Places by Dennis Alan Nawrocki and David Clements .

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1973-06-21T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Public sculpture

Subject Name:

Calder, Alexander and 1898-1976

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc53575