Alexander Calder

Composition

1969

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
opaque watercolor on Canson & Montgolfier wove watercolor paper
Dimensions
sheet: 109.5 × 74.8 cm (43 1/8 × 29 7/16 in.)
Collection no.
2020.169.3
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Composition — Alexander Calder. 1969.

Medium: opaque watercolor on Canson & Montgolfier wove watercolor paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 109.5 × 74.8 cm (43 1/8 × 29 7/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2020.169.3. Gift of Lynn K. Altman Family Trust.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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