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Alexander Calder
American • 1898-1976
Biography
One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Alexander Calder defied gravity and breathed life into sculpture with his innovative and enrapturing approach. Producing art over a fifty-year span, Calder created a body of work that is impressive both for its breadth and diversity as well as for its universal mastery of form and space. Calder is perhaps best known for his enchanting series of mobiles, kinetic sculptures that float gracefully in space, but he also created a series of monumental yet airy stabiles, massive abstract forms that are bound to the earth, and was a prolific draftsman, painter, printmaker, and creator of jewelry, ornament, and ephemera. Calder’s work on an intimate scale is as impressive as his monumental sculpture.
Calder’s work is well represented in the world’s most prestigious arts institutions and he is universally regarded as one of the touchstones of the 20th century avant-garde; his work is routinely exhibited in single retrospectives across the globe, and Calder himself will receive his own institution in his native Philadelphia, which will be designed as a “sanctuary” by leading architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron.
Insights
The artist's first solo exhibition was in 1927.
Recent Alexander Calder headlines, Powered by Articker
7 April 2021 | kooness.com
David Chipperfield's renovation and Alexander Calder's exhibition6 April 2021 | The Brooklyn Rail
Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start26 March 2021 | The New Yorker
Alexander Calder and MOMA23 March 2021 | allarts.org
5 Free Events: Alexander Calder, MTA art and Dead Poets Live23 March 2021 | SAM Blog
Muse/News: Witnessing America, Asian Restos Go Digital, and Calder Maquettes
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Helices (Propellers) (M. 39)
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Petite Spiral
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Couleurs enlaces dans le fil de fer (Colors Entwined in the Wire)
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Untitled [Red Cloud]
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Galactic System
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Les Affichistes (The Poster Artists)
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The yellow worm is longer than the red worm
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Untitled
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Dialogue marin
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Untitled
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Little Miss Pocket
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La Fleur (The Flower)
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Light Fixture
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Untitled
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Fly choker
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Tray
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Lion Cage
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Untitled
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Aerialist
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The Crooked Stick and the Straight Stick
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Dot + Loop
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A Brass Belt Buckle
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A Silver Necklace
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A Silver Bracelet
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Untitled
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La Fleur (The Flower)
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Pyramids
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Polka Dots
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Flying Colors: five plates
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
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