La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) Explained

La Grande Voile (The Big Sail)
Artist:Alexander Calder
Medium:Steel sculpture
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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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]

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  1. Web site: The Big Sail, (sculpture). . . May 5, 2020 . March 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210327075428/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!10650~!0#focus . live .
  2. Web site: La Grande Voile (The Big Sail). January 27, 2014. MIT List Visual Arts Center. November 19, 2019. October 5, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191005222104/https://listart.mit.edu/public-art-map/la-grande-voile-big-sail. live.
  3. Web site: Is It Art?. Katherine Bourzac. SM '04. MIT Technology Review. 2019-11-19. 2018-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20181110175028/https://www.technologyreview.com/s/406047/is-it-art/. live.
  4. Book: Shrock, Robert Rakes. Geology at MIT 1865-1965: A History of the First Hundred Years of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Department Operations and Projects. September 23, 1982. MIT Press. 9780262192118. Google Books. November 19, 2019. August 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828035115/https://books.google.com/books?id=w5PU8Bu3trAC&pg=PA191. live.
  5. Web site: 10 of the best college art collections - Boston.com. archive.boston.com. 2019-11-19. 2020-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200321004843/http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/gallery/campusart/. live.