This sculpture is listed on the Smithsonian's Inventory (
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"Deux Discs (Two Discs), (sculpture).
Artist:
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor.
Title:
Deux Discs (Two Discs), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Two Discs, (sculpture).
Dates:
1965...
Medium:
Painted steel plate.
Dimensions:
306 x 328 x 208 in.
Description:
Black-painted abstract sculpture made with welded pieces of sheet steel in arching forms with four pointed feet.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
Owner:
Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 66.791
Provenance:
Gift of Hirshhorn, Joseph H., 1966.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1991.
Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 84."