{"product_id":"alexander-calder-aspen-notebook-copy","title":"Alexander Calder \"the Forest Is the Best Place\" Wire-O Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis hardcover journal features Alexander Calder's sketch of his sculpture The Forest is the Best Place (1945) debossed on the front, with his signature on the back cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout his career, Alexander Calder illustrated many of his mobiles and stabiles for exhibition catalogues. These sketches express the dynamic nature of his output in two dimensions and offer valuable insight into their composition. He once wrote, “A mobile in motion leaves an invisible wake behind it, or rather, each element leaves an individual wake behind its individual self.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMeasures 5.8\" x 8.3\" (14.8 x 21 cm) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e80 pages: lined front, dot grid on back \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePrinted in reverse (light gray pages with white lines\/dots) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFSC-certified paper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHardcover with floral endpapers and silver wire-o \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePrinted in China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Forest is the Best Place, 1945 © 2024 Calder Foundation, New York, All Rights Reserved Calder® is a registered trademark of Calder Foundation, New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rome Pays Off","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49113779044504,"sku":"32903","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0418\/2271\/6056\/files\/11926cc3cd94654f87e87a27f212b7df470397670f561e5efb9803e7baba1bb2.jpg?v=1778870434","url":"https:\/\/shopphillipscollection.org\/products\/alexander-calder-aspen-notebook-copy","provider":"The Phillips Collection Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}