Text source: ‘Artists in Britain Since 1945’ by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
1898, Lawton, United States – 1976, New York, United States
Red Polygon, 1961
Metal, red flat oil paint
Mobile sculpture with variable dimensions
Acquisition: Donated by the artist, 1964
Reference: 00999
In 1964 Boris Petkovski, the first director of the MoCA Skopje, addressed Calder, and in the letter, he stated a request to receive his work as a gift to newly established Museum of Contemporary Art. The answer came promptly and included in it was the artist’s wish to meet and choose the work in person. At their meeting in Calder’s atelier in Saché, village in France, Calder’s decision was to donate one of his mobiles. Additionally, surprised by the modesty of Boris Petkovski, the artist decided to donate another work, a gouache which he dedicated to the city of Skopje.
Biography
Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static “stabiles”, and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, “Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn’t be broadcast to other people.”
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1915, Citta di Castello, Italy – 1995, Nice, France
White S – 64, 1964
Mixed media on Masonite, 38 x 92 cm
Acquisition: Donation, 1966
Reference: 01078
Burri’s arrangement with the National Committee for Fine Arts in Rome, and especially good relations with gallery owner and painter Mario Penelope, concluded in receiving Buri’s painting. Onward communication with the artist was continued via mail.
Biography
Alberto Burri (12 March 1915 – 13 February 1995) was an Italian visual artist, painter, sculptor, and physician based in Città di Castello. He is associated with the matterism of the European informal art movement and described his style as a polymaterialist. He had connections with Lucio Fontana’s spatialism and, with Antoni Tàpies, an influence on the revival of the art of post-war assembly in America (Robert Rauschenberg) as in Europe.
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1927, New York, USA
Portrait Of A Poet, Kenneth Koch 1970
lithograph on paper, 760 х 560 mm
Edition: 170 / 200; inscription: b.l. Alex Katz; b.r. 170/200
Acquisition: Donation
Reference: 02872
1933, Modena, Italy
Italian Landscape 2, 1975
Color photography on paper, 24 x 36cm
Edition: inscribed b.l. Italian Landscape; b.r. Franco Fontana 75
Acquisition: Donation by the artist
Reference: 03080
1909, Stockholm, Sweden – 1987, Grasse, France
We present Ana’s few artworks from the series of works signed by Bergman included in the collection of MoCA:
Lithograph No. 7, 1963, lithograph, a.p., 76,5×56,5cm | Print No. 33, 1953, etching, a.p., 65x51cm | Print No. 2, 1957, woodcut, a.p., 60x50cm | Print No. 1, 1957, woodcut, a.p., 66x50cm | Mountain Wall, 1957, lithography, a.p., 76×57
1936, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blue Painting 2, 1969
Oil on canvas, 138 x 200cm
Acquisition: Donation
Reference: 01824
1936, Madrid, Spain
A Couple, 1965
oil on masonite board, 80 x 100 cm
Acquisition: Donated by the artist
Reference: 01357
1937, Pula, Croatia – 1993, Sydney, Australia
Extern 13, (before) 1967
Oil on canvas, 84 х 84cm
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 01482
1899 – 1980
Human Struggle, 1967
Aluminum, 300 x 85 x 85cm
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 01747
Biography
Text source: ‘Artists in Britain Since 1945’ by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
1911, Nogent-sur-Marne, France – 1967, Toulon, France
Print No. 1, 1956
Lithography on paper, 59,5 x 43cm
Edition: 3/30; inscribed: b.l. 3/30; b.r. J. Deyrolle
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 00528
Biography
Jean Jacques Deyrolle is one of the representatives of the European geometric abstract art after the II World War. Mostly known by his graphic art and exclusive illustration for renowned writers publications (for ex. Sejour from Samuel Beckett). Deyrolle was professor at the Fine Art Academy in Munich and in the period of 50s-60s his artworks were part of most important exhibitions, like Documenta 2 in Kassel etc.