Alexander Calder Numbered One to Seven, 1950 sheet metal, wire, paint overall dimensions: 82 x 62 in. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Gift of Joslyn Women’s Association Alexander Calder’s Numbered One to Seven (1950) is an artwork with a reputation that precedes itself. When I started at Joslyn in…
Perhaps the question I am asked most frequently is, “What’s your favorite work in the Joslyn collection?” As chief curator, I suppose the proper reply would be an enthusiastic, “All of them!” but time and time again, I answer, “The Donald Judd.” Untitled, 1982 embodies many of the things…