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Calder packs thirty-seven miniature mobiles and stabiles into six small cartons and mails them to Carré in Paris. Due to U.S. Postal Service regulations, he gives the name of six different senders for each package: himself, Duchamp, Masson, Sweeney, Tanguy, and Renée
(Ritou) Nitzschke.
Calder proposes to Carré to have Sartre write an essay for his show. I met Jean-Paul Sartre when he was here, and he came + visited my workshop. Perhaps he would consent to write a little preface if you thought that desirable.
CF, Calder to Carré, 19 JulyIntrigued by the limitations on parcel size imposed by the U.S. Postal Service, Calder begins creating larger works for his show at Galerie Louis Carré that are collapsible and intended to be reassembled upon arrival in Paris.
CF, Calder to Carré, 14 August; Calder 1966, 188“Gay, Fantastic Gouaches by Calder” is on view at Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York.
CF, exhibition fileBuchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, presents “Alexander Calder.”
CF, exhibition file