Black Camel with Blue Head and Red Tongue

Provenance

(Galerie Maeght, Paris); purchased March 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1991 to NGA.

Black Camel with Blue Head and Red Tongue

Calder, Alexander

1971

Accession Number

1991.7.13

Medium

sheet metal and paint

Dimensions

height: 53.66 cm (21 1/8 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art