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Flamingo. (sculpture) Flamingo, created by noted American artist Alexander Calder, is a 53-foot-tall (16 m) [2] stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [3] It was commissioned by the United States General Services Administration and was unveiled in 1974, although ...
Thane of Calder was a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Scotland. [1] Hugh de Cadella (or Kaledouer) was a French nobleman mentioned in David Hume of Godscroft 's "The history of the house of Douglas" who gave influential support to Malcolm III of Scotland and was given lands in Nairn, which were renamed Calder. [2][3] In 1310 CE, Robert the ...
Origins of the Clan. The name 'Calder' is thought to come from the early Common Brittonic, meaning 'hard or violent water' (the modern Welsh word for hard is "caled"), [4] or possibly 'stony river'. [5] It is found as a place name throughout Scotland. [3] For example, East Calder and West Calder that are both near Edinburgh, and also Calderwood ...
Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. [ 3 ] His birthdate remains a source of confusion. According to Calder's mother, Nanette (née Lederer), Calder was born on August 22, yet his birth certificate at Philadelphia City Hall, based on a hand-written ledger, stated July 22. When Calder's family learned of the birth ...
Finny Fish, 1948, National Gallery of Art. Cascading Flowers, mobile, 1949, National Gallery of Art. Aztec Josephine Baker, 1929, National Gallery of Art. Mountains and Clouds, 1976–87, Hart Senate Office Building. Six Dots Over a Mountain, 1956, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.
Flying Dragon is a sculpture by Alexander Calder in the Art Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court (aka North Garden) north of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. [1] It is a painted steel plate work of art created in 1975 measuring 365 (H) x 579 (L) x 335 (W) cm (120 x 228 ...
Designated CL. May 29, 1998. The Blackstone Hotel is a historic 290-foot (88 m) 21-story hotel on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive in the Michigan Boulevard Historic District in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built between 1908 and 1910, it is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Randolph Tower, formerly known as the Steuben Club Building, is a historic Gothic Revival skyscraper in Downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 1929 and designed by architect Karl M. Vitzthum, who designed another Chicago landmark, the historic One North LaSalle Building. Randolph Tower was built for the Steuben Club of Chicago to ...