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     Alexander Calder I      Alexander Calder III




Alexander Calder Sculpture II

American Sculptor and painter, born 1898,
Philadelphia, working in Paris and
Connecticut, died in New York, 1976
Pioneer of mobile-objects & wire
sculptures, Alexander Calder's
Huge sculptures



- "Alexander Calder young man" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

                    'Alexander Calder young man'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



- "Alexander Calder working in his Studio" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

         'Alexander Calder working in his Studio'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



- "Alexander Calder working in his Studio" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

         'Alexander Calder working in his Studio'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



- "Alexander Calder working in his Studio" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

         'Alexander Calder working in his Studio'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



- "Alexander Calder working in his Studio" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

         'Alexander Calder working in his Studio'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



- "Alexander Calder with a mobile" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

              'Alexander Calder with a mobile'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



- "Alexander Calder with a mobile" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder )

              'Alexander Calder with a mobile'
    Alexander Calder Foundation - Alexander Calder



Calder Alexander - "Red Rudder in the Air" -
(1975) - painted sheet metal and steel wire
31in. x 68 in. - Gift of Mrs. Isaac S. Keeler
and Mr. and Mrs. Miner S.Keeler, 1976.4.1
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. GRAM Permanent Collection - International Modernism and Post - Alexander Calder )

  Alexander Calder   -   'Red Rudder in the Air'
            GRAM Permanent Collection -
         International Modernism and Post



Calder, Alexander - "29 Discs" - (1958)
Painted sheet metal and wire incl. base h: 47 1/2in.
(120.6cm) other: 78 3/8in. (199.1cm) other: 30 7/8 x
41 3/4in. (78.4 x 106cm) Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
(72.52 ) - Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Hirshhorn - Museum and Sculpture Garden - Alexander Calder )

        Alexander Calder   -   '29 Discs'   - (1958) 
       Hirshhorn - Museum and Sculpture Garden   



Calder, Alexander - "Mobile" - (1942)
Painted metal wire, wood and string 17 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.
(40.2 x 54.0 x 14.1 cm.) - The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest,
1981 (86.744 ) Currently On View at the Hirshhorn
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Alexander Calder )

        Alexander Calder   -   'Mobile'   - (1942) 
       Hirshhorn - Museum and Sculpture Garden   



Calder, Alexander - "Mobile circa" -
(1932) - L01686 sculpture - Image Copyright
© 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Tate Gallery, London, UK - Alexander Calder )

        Alexander Calder   -   'Mobile circa'   - (1932) 
       Tate Gallery, London, UK - Alexander Calder    



Calder, Alexander - "Antennae with Red and Blue Dots" -
(1960) - T00541 sculpturee - Image Copyright
© 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Tate Gallery, London, UK - Alexander Calder )

           Alexander Calder   -   'Antennae with
              Red and Blue Dots'    -   (1932) 
       Tate Gallery, London, UK - Alexander Calder    



Calder, Alexander - "Standing Mobile" -
(1937) - T07920 sculpture - Image Copyright
© 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Tate Gallery, London, UK - Alexander Calder )

     Alexander Calder   -   'Standing Mobile'   - (1937) 
          Tate Gallery, London, UK - Alexander Calder    



Calder, Alexander - "Red Cascade" - (1954)
Painted sheet steel and wire 82 1/2 x 62 1/2 x
33 1/4 x 79in. (209.6 x 158.8 x 84.4 x 200.7cm)
diam: 76in. (193cm) - The Joseph H. Hirshhorn
Bequest, 1981 (86.713 ) Currently OnView at the Hirshhorn
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Art Collection of the Biblioteca Luis Angel Arago, Columbia - Alexander Calder )

         Alexander Calder   -   'Red Cascade'   - (1954) 
    Painted sheet steel and wire - OnView at the Hirshhorn



Calder, Alexander - "The Orange Fish" - (1946)
Painted metal mobile 75" x 176" - Image
Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Tehran Museum of Contempory Art, Iran - Alexander Calder )

    Alexander Calder   -   'The Orange Fish'   - (1946) 
         Tehran Museum of Contempory Art, Iran



Calder, Alexander - "Stabile-Mobile" - (1942)
Painted sheet metal and wire 37 1/8 x 49 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.
(measured flat) (94.3 x 126.4 x 99.9 cm.) Gift of
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966 (66.787 ) - Image
Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Alexander Calder )

    Alexander Calder   -   'Stabile-Mobile'   - (1942) 
          Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden



Calder, Alexander - "East Building Mobile" - (Miniature
version of Alexander Calder's "East Building Mobile")
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Ambivalent Images - Alexander Calder )

    Alexander Calder   -   'East Building Mobile'   - (1942)   
     Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder



Calder, Alexander - "Mobile" - (1942)
Painted metal wire, wood and string 17 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.
(40.2 x 54.0 x 14.1 cm.) - The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest,
1981 (86.744 ) Currently On View at the Hirshhorn
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Alexander Calder )

    Alexander Calder   -   'Mobile'   - (1942)   
     Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden



Calder, Alexander - "Aztec Josephine Baker" -
"Aztec Josephine Baker" a wire sculpture
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Ambivalent Images - Alexander Calder )

  Alexander Calder  -  'Aztec Josephine Baker'   
     'Aztec Josephine Baker' a wire sculpture



Calder, Alexander - "Silver Bedhead,
winter 1945–46"
- Silver, 160 x 131 cm.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection. 76.2553 PG 138.
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Guggenheim Museum - Alexander Calder )

  Alexander Calder  -  'Silver Bedhead,  winter 1945–46'   
            Guggenheim Museum - Alexander Calder



Calder, Alexander - "Composition in Black" - (?)
Classification: Drawings Accession number: 59.758
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Alexander Calder )

       Alexander Calder  -  'Composition in Black'   
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Alexander Calder



Calder, Alexander - "Untitled" - (ca. 1970)
Color lithograph sheet: 62-1/2 x 46 in. (158.750
x 116.8 cm.); image: 53 x 36... 1998.4.6
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois - Alexander Calder )

       Alexander Calder  -  'Untitled'     - (ca. 1970)
    Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder



Calder, Alexander - "Boomerang" - (1975)
Category WORKS ON PAPER Materials Colored
inks on paper Object Type Lithograph Measurements
Whole: 43.5 x 29.5 in.; 110.49 x 74.93 cm ID
Number 5382 - Credit Line Collection of DePaul
University, gift of Norbert C. Smith, 5382
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. DePaul University Museum, Chicago - Boomerang, lithograph, 1975 - Alexander Calder )

       Alexander Calder  -  'Boomerang'     - (1975)
    Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder



Calder, Alexander - "Fish" - (1944)
Painted metal rod, wire, metal, plastic, wood, glass
and ceramic fragments 16 1/4 x 48 1/8 x 4 1/2in.
(41.3 x 122.2 x 11.4cm) Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn,
1966 (66.785 ) - Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander
Calder - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Alexander Calder )

Alexander Calder  -  'Boomerang'     - (1975)
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden



Calder, Alexander - "Waves" - (1973)
Litograph, 22 3/4 x 30 1/4 in., 1991.2.4
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. The Hyde Collection - Highlights from the Collection - Alexander Calder )

           Alexander Calder  -  'Waves'     - (1973)
    The Hyde Collection - Highlights from the Collection



Calder, Alexander - "Pyramids" - (1975) 79.50.03EL
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Midwest Museum of Modern Art, Elkhart, Indiana - Alexander Calder )

           Alexander Calder  -  'Pyramids'     - (1975)
    Midwest Museum of Modern Art,  Elkhart, Indiana



Calder, Alexander - "Across the Orange Moons" - (1967)
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1968.152 - Alexander Calder )

Alexander Calder  -  'Across the Orange Moons'   - (1967)
          Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1968.152   



Calder, Alexander - "Chevrons Noirs sur Jaune" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1977.73.4 - Alexander Calder )

Alexander Calder  -  'Chevrons Noirs sur Jaune'   - (?)
       Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1977.73.4   



Calder, Alexander - "Crosshatch" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1976.108.24 - Alexander Calder )

             Alexander Calder  -  'Crosshatch'   - (?)
       Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1976.108.24   



Calder, Alexander - "On Yellow" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1976.108.23 - Alexander Calder )

                Alexander Calder  -  'On Yellow'   - (?)
     Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1976.108.23   



Calder, Alexander - "Tache Bleu" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1978.167.2 - Alexander Calder )

                Alexander Calder  -  'Tache Bleu'   - (?)
     Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1978.167.2   



Calder, Alexander - "Trois Spirales" -
- Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1978.167.1 - Alexander Calder )

                Alexander Calder  -  'Trois Spirales'   - (?)
      Smithsonian American Art Museum - 1978.167.1   



Calder, Alexander - "Gran Espiral" - (1970)
Gouache. 78 x 58 cm. - Image Copyright © 2006 Estate of Alexander
Calder - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish) - Alexander Calder )

                Alexander Calder  -  'Gran Espiral' 
      - (1970) -    Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)    



Calder, Alexander - "Flying Colors" - (1976)
lithograph on paper - Image Copyright © Courtesy Walker Art
Center - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Walker Art Center, Minnesota - Alexander Calder )

          Alexander Calder  -  'Flying Colors' - (1976)
       Walker Art Center, Minnesota - Alexander Calder    



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