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The great sail [electronic resource] / directed by Robert Gardner.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976. Grande Voile.
- Calder, Alexander.
- Steel sculpture--United States.
- Steel sculpture.
- Sculpture--United States.
- Sculpture.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (10 min.) : sd., b&w.
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2009.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Alexander Calder's La Grande Voile was erected on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in 1966 with the artist directing the work. As the spectacular steel forms of this monumental stabile rise, it is filmed with time lapse and verite photography. One can see that the structure owes its spare elegance to the precision of its design and construction. Calder remains absorbed in quiet concentration as skeptical students and bemused bystanders observe the somewhat improbable event.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Mar. 2, 2012).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Recorded in Cambridge, MA.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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