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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.
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The artist's first solo exhibition was in 1927.
Recent Alexander Calder headlines, Powered by Articker
27 July 2021 | Hypebeast
Opera Gallery Showcases the Work of Alexander Calder in Latest Viewing Room21 July 2021 | Dream Idea Machine
ART-PRESENTATION:Alexander Calder-Modern from the Start28 May 2021 | The Phillips Collection
Alexander Calder: Great Yellow Sun11 May 2021 | The Art Newspaper
Object lessons: from a rare Cubist Hockney portrait to a playful piece by Alexander Calder15 April 2021 | The Architect's Newspaper
Alex Da Corte blends Calder and Sesame Street at this year’s Met rooftop installation
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Aerialist
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Sold for $302,400
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Tray
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Fly choker
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Six, Five, Nine
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
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Bubbles on Orange
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Sold for $163,800
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Fourteen Black Leaves
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La Vague (The Wave)
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Presenza Grafica (Graphic Presence)
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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
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $302,400
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Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $176,400
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Light Fixture
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Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
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