
Scot Levitt
Business Development Consultant
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Business Development Consultant
Provenance
Estate of Sylvia McLaughlin, Berkeley, California.
In 1912, Calder was named acting-chief of the sculpture program for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a World's Fair scheduled to to open in San Francisco in February of 1915. Calder set to work in a studio in NYC and there employed the services of a popular model named Audrey Munson who posed for Star Maiden. The work was conceived as one of the figures for the Colonnade of Stars, which overlooked the magnificent Court of the Universe, the central court at the Exposition. Star Maiden became an iconic image for the Panama Pacific International Exposition, and was used as the central motif for the gold and silver badges of the fair officials.
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