Chronology
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1954
29 December: Calder and Louisa leave New York and arrive in Paris. (CF, passport)
1955
9-10 January: En route to Bombay, Calder and Louisa fly from Paris to Beirut. They visit the Seyrigs and show the film Works of Calder at the American University. (CF, passport; Calder 1966, 232)
12 January: The Calders arrive in Bombay. They journey by train to Gira Sarabhai's home in Ahmedabad, where Calder makes eleven sculptures and some gold jewelry. (CF, passport; Calder 1966, 232-233)
27 February: After visiting Patna, the Calders arrive in Kathmandu in Nepal. (CF, passport)
1 March: The Calders leave Kathmandu for Patna from which they visit Delhi and Jaipur before returning to Bombay. (CF, passport; Calder 1966, 232-240)
8 or 9 March: Calder has a private exhibition in Bombay of the works he has made in India. He contracts pneumonia and stays a few extra days to recover. (Calder 1966, 239-240)
11-12 March: The Calders leave Bombay, returning to Paris via Cairo and Athens. (Calder 1966, 240; CF, passport)
21-22 March: The Calders fly from Paris to New York. (CF, passport)
25 March: Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, exhibits Calder's work. (CF, exhibition file)
17 May-4 June: Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, exhibits "Alexander Calder." Calder agrees to hold the show as scheduled, in spite of Valentin's death the previous year. Nothing sells. (Calder 1966, 240)
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