Mercury fountain

Author
Alexander Calder
Title

Font de mercuri

Mercury fountain

Date
1937
Medium
Painted iron and aluminium and mercury
Sizes
114 x 293 x 196 cm
Credit line
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. Gift of Alexander Calder
Provenance
Gift of Alexander Calder
Register Number
FJM 10508
Inscriptions

ALMADEN // MERCURE ESPAGNOL D'ALMADEN

Edition

Foundry:
Tallers L. Dalbet, Paris

Remarks

The pond and the water fountain are not original; they were built on the occasion of the Venice Biennale in 1976.