Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued five 32-cent Alexander Calder commemorative stamps on March 25, 1998, in Washington, DC.
- The stamps feature five of Calder's kinetic sculptures: Rearing Stallion; Portrait of a Young Man; Black Cascade, 13 Verticals; Un effet du japonais; and Untitled. This colorful souvenir sheet coincided with the 100th anniversary of Alexander Calder's birth.
- Designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, the stamps were manufactured by Stamp Venturers, Inc. in the gravure process and issued in panes of twenty.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (February 26, 1998).
- mint
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Artist
- Alexander Calder, American
- Date
- March 25, 1998
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure
- Type
- Postage Stamps
