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Oct 12, 2024 · This presentation at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais highlights a focused selection of works by Alexander Calder (1898–1976). The nine gouaches on paper on view accompany one of the artist’s standing mobile sculptures, Crag with White Flower and White Discs (1974).
Alexander Calder was born in 1898, the second child of artist parents—his father was a sculptor and his mother a painter. In his mid-twenties, Calder moved to New York City, where he studied at the Art Students League and worked at the ‘National Police Gazette,’ illustrating sporting events and the...
Finny Fish, 1948, National Gallery of Art. Cascading Flowers, mobile, 1949, National Gallery of Art. Aztec Josephine Baker, 1929, National Gallery of Art. Mountains and Clouds, 1976–87, Hart Senate Office Building. Six Dots Over a Mountain, 1956, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.
1 day ago · Memoria : Property from an Important Private European Collection. Alexander Calder. 1898 - 1976. Arrows with Blue Tail. incised with the artist's monogram (on the largest element) sheet metal, wire and paint. 45,7 x 91,4 x 61 cm; 18 x 36 x 24 in. Executed in 1949. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under ...
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Alexander [note 1] « Sandy » Calder est un sculpteur et peintre américain, né le 22 juillet 1898 à Lawnton (Pennsylvanie) et mort le 11 novembre 1976 à New York (État de New York). Il est surtout connu pour ses mobiles ainsi nommés sur proposition de Marcel Duchamp lors de leur exposition à Paris en 1932 à la galerie Vignon, ses assemblages de formes animées par les mouvements de l ...
The book also looks at how Calder’s small-scale sculptures echoed the public spectacle of his larger pieces, creating a “private drama” that encouraged direct participation. Whatever the size, Calder’s works employed movement and interaction in unpredictable ways, and this enlightening book helps readers appreciate the important continuity of his oeuvre.
