Gwenfritz

{{Short description|Artwork by Alexander Calder}}

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| title = Gwenfritz

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| artist = Alexander Calder

| year = 1968

| type = sculpture

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| city = Washington, D.C.

| museum = National Museum of American History

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| owner = Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Gwenfritz is a painted steel abstract stabile, by Alexander Calder. It is located at the National Museum of American History, at 14th Street, and Constitution Avenue, in Washington, D.C.[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131H210A34097.110790&limitbox_1=LO01+%3D+ias&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=12&source=%7E%21siartinventories&index=.TW&term=Gwenfritz&aspect=Keyword&x=7&y=15#focus "Gwenfritz, (sculpture)"]. SIRIS

It was dedicated on June 2, 1969."Caftolin or Gwenfritz?", The Washington Post, Meryle Secrest, June 4, 1969 In 1983, it was relocated from the west front fountain plaza, to a corner location. "Calder: Out of Site", The Washington Post, Robert Hilton Simmons, March 30, 1984

On October 31, 2014, the sculpture was rededicated after being restored and relocated to its original location.{{cite web |title=Alexander Calder's "Gwenfritz": Rededicating a modernist icon |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/alexander-calders-gwenfritz-rededicating-modernist-icon |website=American History |access-date=9 September 2019}}

It is named after Gwendolyn Cafritz, widow of Morris Cafritz, who had helped finance the project as head of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.