La Grande Voile (The Big Sail)

La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) is a 1965 painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder,[1] installed in McDermott Court, on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[2][3][4][5]

La Grande Voile (The Big Sail)
The sculpture in McDermott Court, 2008
ArtistAlexander Calder
Year1965 (1965)
MediumSteel sculpture
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42.359734°N 71.088975°W / 42.359734; -71.088975

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References

  1. "The Big Sail, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. "La Grande Voile (The Big Sail)". MIT List Visual Arts Center. January 27, 2014. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. SM '04, Katherine Bourzac. "Is It Art?". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  4. Shrock, Robert Rakes (September 23, 1982). Geology at MIT 1865-1965: A History of the First Hundred Years of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Department Operations and Projects. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262192118. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2019 via Google Books.
  5. "10 of the best college art collections - Boston.com". archive.boston.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2019-11-19.


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