White Lily
- Artist
- Alexander Calder, American, 1898–1976
- Date
- 1944–45
- Material
- Sheet metal and wire
- made in
- Roxbury, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- dimensions variable according to installation, approximately: 50 1/2 x 73 x 53 in. (128.3 x 185.4 x 134.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- © Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY
- Object Number
- 144:1946
Provenance
1945 - 1946
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, NY, representing the artist [1]
1946 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Buchholz Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] "White Lily" is included in the brochure for the 1945 Alexander Calder exhibition at Buchholz Gallery. [Valentin, Curt. "Alexander Calder." New York: Buchholz Gallery, 1945, unpaginated.] In a letter dated May 4, 1946 to Curt Valentin of Buchholz Gallery, Calder approves the sale of White Lily to the City Art Museum, indicating that at the time of purchase the gallery was acting on behalf of Calder [SLAM document file].
[2] Invoice from Buchholz Gallery, dated May 8, 1946 [SLAM document file]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, May 2, 1946.
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, NY, representing the artist [1]
1946 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Buchholz Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] "White Lily" is included in the brochure for the 1945 Alexander Calder exhibition at Buchholz Gallery. [Valentin, Curt. "Alexander Calder." New York: Buchholz Gallery, 1945, unpaginated.] In a letter dated May 4, 1946 to Curt Valentin of Buchholz Gallery, Calder approves the sale of White Lily to the City Art Museum, indicating that at the time of purchase the gallery was acting on behalf of Calder [SLAM document file].
[2] Invoice from Buchholz Gallery, dated May 8, 1946 [SLAM document file]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, May 2, 1946.