For everyone who has ever made a small
memory sketch of an artwork in a gallery, or tried to show someone what they
are talking about with only a pen or pencil to help, this c.1942 letter from
Alexander Calder to the art historian Agnes Clafin. In it Calder depicts eight of
his sculptures (one notated “rather hard to balance”) that he was keen for her
to see in his New York apartment. At the time Clafin was probably preparing her narration for Alexander Calder:
Sculpture and Constructions, one of the first ever art museum multi-media
shows. It was shown as part of Calder’s 1943 survey exhibition at the Museum of
Modern Art.
Source: via the wonderful Archivesof American Art
