Study No. 52 (Calder’s Universe)
Study No. 52 (Calder’s Universe)
Study No. 52 (Calder’s Universe)
ArtistFranz Jantzen

Study No. 52 (Calder’s Universe)

Date2013
MediumPigment-ink print on archival paper
Dimensions24 × 17 in. (61 × 43.2 cm) Framed Size: 31 × 25 in. (78.7 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2017.026.3
ClassificationsPhotographs
Locations
  • Office of Victim Services & Justice Grants (441 4th St NW, 727N)
DescriptionWhile some of my assemblages are composed from 1,000 or more images and have taken over 100 hours to complete, this one was nearly finished in a single day. I began this with the idea that it would be a workout in preparation for a more complex piece, but I found it so satisfying that I kept going and it became a finished piece on its own. The subject is Alexander Calder’s 1932 “Red Frame Construction” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.