La Grande Voile (The Big Sail)
| La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) | |
|---|---|
 The sculpture in McDermott Court, 2008 | |
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| Artist | Alexander Calder |
| Year | 1965 |
| Medium | Steel sculpture |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 42°21′35″N 71°05′20″W / 42.359734°N 71.088975°W | |
La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) is a 1965 painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder,[1] installed in McDermott Court, on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ "The Big Sail, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "La Grande Voile (The Big Sail)". MIT List Visual Arts Center. January 27, 2014.
- ^ SM '04, Katherine Bourzac. "Is It Art?". MIT Technology Review.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Shrock, Robert Rakes (September 23, 1982). "Geology at MIT 1865-1965: A History of the First Hundred Years of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Department Operations and Projects". MIT Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "10 of the best college art collections - Boston.com". archive.boston.com.
External links
- La Grande Voile (The Big Sail), 1965 at cultureNOW
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