Alexander calder mobile

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Alexander Calder (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1898–1976 New York City) Date: 1941 Medium: Painted aluminum, steel, steel rod, and wire Dimensions: H. 60 inches (152.4 cm.) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1942 Accession Number: 42.176a-d

alexander calder is largely credited with creating the “mobile,” a suspended, kinetic sculpture in the early 1930’s. while other artists were also experimenting with moving art (notably man ray’s “obstruction” constructed from wooden coat hangers in 1920 or aleksandr rodchenko’s “ oval hanging construction no.12” also from 1920), calder explored and experimented with the art form for decades, creating some of his most recognized works. his mobiles were so dubbed by friend and fellow…

Tate Modern, LondonA conversation with Mondrian in 1930 set in motion Alexander Calder’s glorious mobile sculptures – and his balletic constellations are still breathtaking today

Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940. Painted sheet metal and wire, overall: 49 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. (125.7 × 90.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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A continuously updated list of original Alexander Calder mobiles for sale, both hanging and standing mobiles, with links to the respective auctions and sales.

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Alexander Calder style in Midjourney AI (V5.1, V5, V4, niji 5) | Sculptors + Installation Artists | Sculptors | American sculptor | Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known for his contributions to the Abstract Expressionist movement. He is best known for his mobile sculptures, which are kinetic works of art that move with the air currents around them. | Andrei Kovalev's Midlibrary

1898, Lawton, United States - 1976, New York, United States Red Polygon, 1961 Metal, red flat oil paint Mobile sculpture with variable dimensions Acquisition: Donated by the artist, 1964 Reference: 00999 In 1964 Boris Petkovski, the first director of the MoCA Skopje, add

Alexander Calder. Snow Flurry, I. 1948. Painted sheet steel and steel wire. 7' 10" (238.7 cm) x 6' 10 1/4" (208.8 cm) diameter. Gift of the artist. 390.1966.a-c. © 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Painting & Sculpture

Alexander Calder. Untitled. 1959. Sheet metal, wire, and painted cotton thread. 8 1/2 (21.6 cm) x 5" (12.6 cm) diameter. Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest. 618.1994. © 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Painting & Sculpture

Nine works by Alexander Calder will be sold at Christie’s in New York, including Sumac #17, an original hanging mobile inspired by a flowering plant.

Alexander Calder, 1949

I love Alexander Calder! I teach a Calder wire project each year, but I have never successfully made a Calder-inspired mobile. Until now! I recently received this 1975 edition of Making Things: Book 2. The Handbook of Creative Discovery by Ann Wiseman. Inside this gloriously illustrated book I found these instructions for making Calder mobiles: I decided to test it out with items I had on hand in the art room. Materials for first mobile: 18-inch pre-cut Stem Wire (AKA floral wire) 20 gauge…

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The Calder Foundation is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder.

The Calder Foundation is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder.