SAM Calder Porcelain Mug

$29.95 at Seattle Art Museum.

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SAM exclusive porcelain mug featuring Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong, 1948, by artist Alexander Calder.   A third-generation American sculptor, Alexander Calder studied mechanical engineering before studying art. In the 1920s-30s while in Paris, he developed two distinctive genres of sculpture: mobiles, or sculptures that move, and stabiles, which are stationary. Image of the sculpture is beautifully reproduced on a 14 oz porcelain mug. Comes nested in a custom box with matching image. Photo of original…