With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
23 South Street, Roxbury
- Minor Memorial Library
- Alexander Calder
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The Calder stabile maquette 'Mountains' sits on the lawn of Roxbury's public library.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- An intermediate maquette of the Mountains portion of Alexander Calder’s 'Mountains and Clouds' steel structure is installed on the grounds of the Minor Memorial Library. A smaller maquette was initially created for approval and fabrication purposes. The intermediate maquette was created as a structural test in 1976 and painted black to stand out in the stark white marble atrium of the building where the final product would be placed. The Mountains maquette consists of five triangular mountains of varying heights, the largest pierced with a circular hole, and two curving arcs. 'Mountains and Clouds' was Calder's last work, a stabile/mobile installed posthumously in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
- Date of Construction
- 1976; final work fabricated/installed 1994
- Historic Designation(s)