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2. Alexander Calder - Wikipedia

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   Alexander "Sandy" Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. [1]

3. List of Alexander Calder public works - Wikipedia

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   Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors), 1970, Detroit Institute of Arts [3] The X and Its Tails, 1967, College of Creative Studies, Detroit [3]; Deux Disques (Two Discs), 1965, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Long-term loan from Smithsonian Institution), Grand Rapids

4. Mountains and Clouds - Wikipedia

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   Alexander Calder and four other artists were invited to submit proposals. Calder was approached through his dealer, Klaus Perls , on July 29, 1975, just after his 77th birthday. A sketch and a model for Mountains and Clouds were submitted by November and, in April 1976, Calder's innovative design was accepted.

5. Flamingo (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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   [10] [11] Calder unveiled the model for Flamingo on April 23, 1973, at the Art Institute of Chicago; the sculpture was presented to the public for the first time on October 25, 1974, at the same time that Calder's Universe mobile was unveiled at the Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower). The day was proclaimed "Alexander Calder Day" and featured a ...

6. List Visual Arts Center - Wikipedia

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   An early 1950-1951 exhibition showed mobiles, stabiles, and other artworks by Alexander Calder, in the "New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library". [3] By 1970, the Hayden Gallery was exhibiting several contemporary art shows annually, such as the groundbreaking Exploration show, organized by the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies under ...

7. La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) - Wikipedia

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   La Grande Voile (The Big Sail), sometimes translated The Great Sail [1], is a 1965 painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder, [2] installed in McDermott Court on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [3] [4] [5] [6]