Untitled
Artist
Alexander Calder
(American, 1898 - 1976)
Date1936
MediumPainted metal, wood, and wire
DimensionsOverall: 49 × 36 × 16 inches (124.46 × 91.44 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF99-33/4
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 129
Collections
Gallery LabelTwo firmly rooted wooden "arms"—one red, one black—reach upward to frame a delicate high-wire ballet performed by painted metal disks. The slightest breath of air sets the piece in motion. Slowly, the composition shifts in space. It is the same work of art, yet it is also different and delightfully new. Fellow artist Marcel Duchamp called Alexander Calder’s moving sculptures "mobiles," and that is what we still call them.
Copyright© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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