Box 1
Contains 55 Results:
“Calder Art Unveiling is June 14”
Includes newspaper clippings about the transport, the project, and the dedication, primarily from the Grand Rapids Press, but also from other local or regional newspapers.
Also includes images of the Calder sculpture clipped from other sources, many unidentified.
“Calder Work En Route Here”
Includes newspaper clippings about the transport, the project, and the dedication, primarily from the Grand Rapids Press, but also from other local or regional newspapers.
Also includes images of the Calder sculpture clipped from other sources, many unidentified.
Apr. 9, 1969. Why was Calder Sculpture a secret in first place?
Includes newspaper clippings about the transport, the project, and the dedication, primarily from the Grand Rapids Press, but also from other local or regional newspapers.
Also includes images of the Calder sculpture clipped from other sources, many unidentified.
Calder sketch spurs controversy, Apr. 9, 1969.
Includes newspaper clippings about the transport, the project, and the dedication, primarily from the Grand Rapids Press, but also from other local or regional newspapers.
Also includes images of the Calder sculpture clipped from other sources, many unidentified.
1. View from roof of new Kent County Building, NE toward Immanuel Lutheran Church. La Grande Vitesse in construction on the plaza, with a large crane lifting pieces. A corner of the new City Building is seen left. “A-10”
Includes a set of eleven black & white photographs from Advertising Photographer William Andrews, who documented construction of La Grande Vitesse, for the project. The Slides are currently unprocessed; see the Archivist.
2. View NE to Lookout Hill, the Expressway, and Michigan Ave. La Grande Vitesse in construction in Vandenberg Center plaza. A large crane at right lifts pieces from the plaza into place on the sculpture. “A-12”
Includes a set of eleven black & white photographs from Advertising Photographer William Andrews, who documented construction of La Grande Vitesse, for the project. The Slides are currently unprocessed; see the Archivist.
3. View to the NE. An early image in the construction of La Grande Vitesse on Vandenberg Plaza. This image shows the footings, and one piece lying near the footings. Other pieces are scattered on the plaza. A large crane stands ready to lift the pieces. Immanuel Lutheran Church and Lookout Hill are seen in the background, upper left. “B-6”
Includes a set of eleven black & white photographs from Advertising Photographer William Andrews, who documented construction of La Grande Vitesse, for the project. The Slides are currently unprocessed; see the Archivist.
4. View to the NW of La Grande Vitesse in construction. The new City Building is seen behind the sculpture. A crane, not seen, holds a piece of the sculpture in the air. “C-12”
Includes a set of eleven black & white photographs from Advertising Photographer William Andrews, who documented construction of La Grande Vitesse, for the project. The Slides are currently unprocessed; see the Archivist.
5. La Grande Vitesse, in construction in Vandenberg Plaza, is seen behind the large crates in the foreground. A piece is being lifted by a large crane. A member of the construction crew sits atop the large crates. The new City Building is behind the sculpture in the background. “E-3”
Includes a set of eleven black & white photographs from Advertising Photographer William Andrews, who documented construction of La Grande Vitesse, for the project. The Slides are currently unprocessed; see the Archivist.
6. La Grande Vitesse” appears now constructed in Vandenberg Plaza, perhaps with scaffolding ready for the painters. “G-2”
Includes a set of eleven black & white photographs from Advertising Photographer William Andrews, who documented construction of La Grande Vitesse, for the project. The Slides are currently unprocessed; see the Archivist.