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{{Short description|Artwork by Alexander Calder}}
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'''''Gwenfritz''''' is a painted steel abstract stabile, by [[Alexander Calder]]. It is located at the [[National Museum of American History]], at [[14th Street Northwest and Southwest (Washington, D.C.)|14th Street]], and [[Constitution Avenue]], in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131H210A34097.110790&limitbox_1=LO01+%3D+ias&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=12&source=%7E%21siartinventories&index=.TW&term=Gwenfritz&aspect=Keyword&x=7&y=15#focus "Gwenfritz, (sculpture)"]. ''SIRIS''</ref>
'''''Gwenfritz''''' is a painted steel abstract stabile, by [[Alexander Calder]].
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It is located at the [[National Museum of American History]], at [[14th Street Northwest and Southwest (Washington, D.C.)|14th Street]], and [[Constitution Avenue]], in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131H210A34097.110790&limitbox_1=LO01+%3D+ias&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=12&source=%7E%21siartinventories&index=.TW&term=Gwenfritz&aspect=Keyword&x=7&y=15#focus "Gwenfritz, (sculpture)"]. ''SIRIS''</ref>


It was dedicated on June 2, 1969.<ref>"Caftolin or Gwenfritz?", ''The Washington Post'', Meryle Secrest, June 4, 1969 </ref> In 1983, it was relocated from the west front fountain plaza, to a corner location. <ref>"Calder: Out of Site", ''The Washington Post'', Robert Hilton Simmons, March 30, 1984 </ref>
It was dedicated on June 2, 1969.<ref>"Caftolin or Gwenfritz?", ''The Washington Post'', Meryle Secrest, June 4, 1969 </ref> In 1983, it was relocated from the west front fountain plaza, to a corner location. <ref>"Calder: Out of Site", ''The Washington Post'', Robert Hilton Simmons, March 30, 1984 </ref>
On October 31, 2014, the sculpture was rededicated after being restored and relocated to its original location.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Calder's "Gwenfritz": Rededicating a modernist icon |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/alexander-calders-gwenfritz-rededicating-modernist-icon |website=American History |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
It is planned to be relocated to its original location.


It is named after Gwendolyn Cafritz, widow of [[Morris Cafritz]], who had helped finance the project as head of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
It is named after Gwendolyn Cafritz, widow of [[Morris Cafritz]], who had helped finance the project as head of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

==See also==
==See also==
*''[[Cheval Rouge]]'', [[National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden]]
*''[[Cheval Rouge]]'', [[National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden]]
*[[List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://greg.org/archive/2010/10/07/after_26_years_the_smithsonian_will_put_alexander_calders_gwenfritz_back_where_it_belongs.html After 26 Years, The Smithsonian Will Put Alexander Calder's Gwenfritz Back Where It Belongs]
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*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/10/01/VI2010100106950.html "Industrial remnants"], ''The Washington Post'', Blake Gopnik
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*{{cite book| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N73SgqVbrCUC&lpg=PT125&vq=gwenfritz&dq=gwenfritz%20moved&pg=PT126#v=snippet&q=gwenfritz&f=false| title=Going public| publisher= Arts Extension Service| year= 1988| isbn= 978-0-945464-00-6 | editor= Pam Korza }}


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==External links==
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*[http://greg.org/archive/2010/10/07/after_26_years_the_smithsonian_will_put_alexander_calders_gwenfritz_back_where_it_belongs.html After 26 Years, The Smithsonian Will Put Alexander Calder's ''Gwenfritz'' Back Where It Belongs]
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*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/10/01/VI2010100106950.html "Industrial remnants"], ''The Washington Post'', Blake Gopnik
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N73SgqVbrCUC&q=gwenfritz&pg=PT126| title=Going public| publisher= Arts Extension Service| year= 1988| isbn= 978-0-945464-00-6 | editor= Pam Korza }}
*http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-gwenfritz-by-alexander-calder/
*http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-gwenfritz-by-alexander-calder/
*http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9CXY_Gwenfritz_Washington_DC
*http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9CXY_Gwenfritz_Washington_DC
*http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9319~!0#focus
*http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9319~!0#focus

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Latest revision as of 17:16, 1 November 2023

Gwenfritz
ArtistAlexander Calder
Year1968
Typesculpture
Dimensions1050.0 cm (413+3⁄8 in)
LocationNational Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′30″N 77°01′55″W / 38.89176900°N 77.03196700°W / 38.89176900; -77.03196700
OwnerSmithsonian American Art Museum

Gwenfritz is a painted steel abstract stabile, by Alexander Calder. It is located at the National Museum of American History, at 14th Street, and Constitution Avenue, in Washington, D.C.[1]

It was dedicated on June 2, 1969.[2] In 1983, it was relocated from the west front fountain plaza, to a corner location. [3] On October 31, 2014, the sculpture was rededicated after being restored and relocated to its original location.[4]

It is named after Gwendolyn Cafritz, widow of Morris Cafritz, who had helped finance the project as head of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gwenfritz, (sculpture)". SIRIS
  2. ^ "Caftolin or Gwenfritz?", The Washington Post, Meryle Secrest, June 4, 1969
  3. ^ "Calder: Out of Site", The Washington Post, Robert Hilton Simmons, March 30, 1984
  4. ^ "Alexander Calder's "Gwenfritz": Rededicating a modernist icon". American History. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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