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Eye of duck the key to Calder toys
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a wooden duck stored for 40 years revealed Calder toys behind the eye catching the museum’s basement discovery. Nine small bright figures likely made in the late 1920s show Calder’s humor and motion ideas that predated his famous mobiles. The Berkshire Museum notes authenticate the toys as Sammy Calder’s, once in Stirling Calder’s family home, forgotten until now.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Alexander Calder
Mary Mace
Calder
Richmond
Joan Marter
Wisconsin
Ms. Marter
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N.J
New York City
Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Berkshire Museum
Sammy Calder
Sandy
Gary Burger