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Calder represents the United States in the XXVI Biennale di Venezia. Sweeney installs the exhibition and writes a short text for the exhibition catalogue. Calder wins the Grand Prize for sculpture.
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Calder accepts the commission from Carlos Raúl Villanueva, whom he met through Sert in 1951, to design an acoustic ceiling for Aula Magna, the auditorium of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He collaborates with the engineering firm Bolt, Beranek, and Newman,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich, presents “Alexander Calder / Joan Miró.” The exhibition originated from Calder’s solo show at Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal.
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Calder performs Cirque Calder in Roxbury.
CF, Calder to Rockefeller; CF, Osborn to Calder, 8 SeptemberCalder arrives in Bonn on 10 September with an invitation from the German State Department to tour West Germany. After two days he travels to Munich, where he meets Bruno Werner, a journalist who reviewed his first Berlin exhibition in 1929. He continues on to Mannheim and
Darmstadt.
Calder stays in Berlin.
Calder 1966, 211–12Calder travels to Hamburg, where he meets the dealer Rudolf Hoffmann. He then goes on to Hanover, Bremen, and Cologne before returning to Bonn.
Calder 1966, 211–12Calder flies from Bonn to New York.
CF, passportGalerie la Hune, Paris, exhibits “Permanence du Cirque.” The exhibition commemorates the publication of a book by the same title, which includes an essay by Calder, “Voici une petite histoire de mon cirque.”
CF, exhibition fileCalder presents Cirque Calder in Washington, D.C.; Jean invites “what seemed half of Washington, D.C., to see it.”
Calder 1966, 213At the suggestion of John Cage, American composer Earle Brown travels to Roxbury to meet Calder. Pierre Boulez joins him.
CF, project fileBibliography 193
1949
Chanin, A. L. “Calder Creates a Gala Wonderland of Movement.” The Sunday Compass (4 December 1949).
MagazineKrasne, Belle. “Caldermobiles, 1950.” Art Digest, vol. 24, no. 6 (15 December 1949).
Magazine1950
Works of Calder (1950). Produced by New World Film Productions for the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 16mm, color, sound (English); 20 min. Directed and cinematography by Herbert Matter; produced and narrated by Burgess Meredith; music by John Cage.
Film“‘Isms’ of Sculpture: Traditions and Affinities.” The Observer (c. 1950s).
MagazineWilde, Oscar. “Art and Nature.” Trans/formation: Arts Communication Environment, vol. 1, no. 1 (1950).
MagazineDetroit Institute of Arts, Michigan. Modern Sculpture: A Picture Book of Modern Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1950.
Collection Publication“Lo studio di Hans Erni.” Domus, no. 245 (April 1950).
MagazineClapp, Talcott. “Calder.” Art d’Aujourd’hui, nos. 10–11 (May–June 1950).
MagazineDegand, Léon. “Notes sur Calder.” Art d’Aujourd’hui, nos. 10–11 (May–June 1950).
MagazineGoudy, Alice M. “Four Collectors in Philadelphia.” Art News (Summer 1950).
Magazine“Artists’ Angel.” Look (20 June 1950).
MagazineGalerie Maeght, Paris. Calder: Mobiles & Stabiles. Exhibition catalogue. 1950. Derrière le Miroir, no. 31 (July 1950). Texts by James Johnson Sweeney, Henri Laugier, Henri Hoppenot, and Fernand Léger.
Magazine, Solo Exhibition CatalogueLucas, Hans (pseudonym of Jean-Luc Godard). “Works of Calder et L’Histoire d’Agnes.” Gazette du Cinema (September 1950).
Magazine“Glass is Beautiful, Glass is Useful.” Flair, vol. 1, no. 9 (October 1950).
MagazineSandberg, G. “Reflexions diparates sur l’organisation d’un museé d’art d’aujourd’hui.” Art d’Aujourd’hui, vol. 2, no. 1 (October 1950).
MagazineHaber, Abraham. “Pintura y Percepción.” Perceptismo (October 1950).
MagazineStedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Alexander Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1950.
Solo Exhibition CatalogueAdlow, Dorothy. Christian Science Monitor, 10 October 1950.
Newspaper“Reviews and Previews.” Art News, vol. XLIX, no. 7, part 1 (November 1950).
Magazine“Half Century’s Best.” (Publication unknown), 12 November 1950.
NewspaperGalerie Blanche, Stockholm. Alexander Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles. Exhibition catalogue. 1950. Introduction by Eric Grate.
Solo Exhibition Catalogue“College Receives Unusual Gift.” Kenyon Alumni Bulletin (Winter 1950–51).
MagazineBuchholz Gallery, New York. The Heritage of Auguste Rodin, An Exhibition Assembled in Honor of the Diamond Jubilee of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Exhibition catalogue. 1950.
Group Exhibition CatalogueDame, Lawrence. “Regarding Art.” Sunday Herald, 17 December 1950.
NewspaperAdlow, Dorothy. “Calder Mobiles Shown in Cambridge.” Christian Science Monitor, 27 December 1950.
NewspaperDreier, Katherine S., and Marcel Duchamp. Collection of the Société Anonyme (New Haven: Yale, 1950).
Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder
Group Exhibition Catalogue1951
Calder, Alexander. “What Abstract Art Means to Me: Statements by Six American Artists.” The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 3 (Spring 1951).
MagazineSweeney, James Johnson. Alexander Calder. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951.
MonographThe Lefevre Gallery, London. Mobiles and Stabiles by Alexander Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1951. Foreword by James Johnson Sweeney.
Solo Exhibition CatalogueSchiller, Ronald. “Calder.” Portfolio, 1951.
MagazineDriscoll, Edgar J. “Calder’s Show of Mobiles Has Animated Sculpture.” Sunday Globe, January 1951.
Newspaper“Gala pa Galleri.” Vecko-Journalen, no. 1 (4 January 1951).
MagazineStedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Surréalisme + Abstraction / Surrealisme + Abstractie. Exhibition catalogue. 1951.
Group Exhibition CatalogueThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America. Exhibition catalogue. 1951. Text by Andrew Carnduff Ritchie.
Group Exhibition CatalogueSylvester, David. “Mobiles and Stabiles by Alexander Calder.” Art News and Review, vol. 2, no. 26 (27 January 1951).
MagazineYerxa, Fendall. “Photography: 16-mm Flight of Fancy: Movie Camera Looks at Calder Mobiles.” (Publication unknown), 28 January 1951.
NewspaperThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by 75 Artists Associated with the Art Students League of New York. Exhibition catalogue. 1951.
Group Exhibition CatalogueMiddleton, Michael. “Toys for Highbrows.” Picture Post, vol. 50, no. 5 (3 February 1951).
MagazineHaggquist, Arne. “Stockholm.” Arts (2 March 1951).
MagazineCunliffe, Mitzi. “Mobiles by Calder.” Building, vol. 26, no. 5 (May 1951).
MagazineNeue Galerie, Vienna. Alexander Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1951. Foreword by Fernand Léger.
Solo Exhibition Catalogue“Art in the Abstract.” Americas (July 1951).
MagazineAlfons, Sven. “Exkurser Kring Calder.” Konstrevy, vol. 27, no. 1 (September–October 1951).
MagazineGrafly, Dorothy. “Alexander Calder: Creator of Moving Forms in Space.” American Artist, vol. 15, no. 8 (October 1951).
MagazineContemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Calder–Miró. Exhibition catalogue. 1951. Text by Mary Gershinowitz.
Group Exhibition Catalogue“Trois chefs-d’oeuvre de Franz Hals ont enrichi le musee de Sao-Paulo.” Arts (19 October 1951).
MagazineMuseo de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil. I Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. Exhibition catalogue. 1951.
Group Exhibition Catalogue“La Biennale de Sao-Paulo.” Opera (14 & 20 November 1951).
MagazineLassaigne, Jacques. “Affirmation de l’art americain; la sculpture. langage commun.” Arts (23 November 1951).
MagazineDegand, Léon. “Klar Form.” Art d’Aujourd’hui, vol. 3, no. 1 (December 1951).
Magazine1952
Calder, Alexander. “Alexander Calder.” In Témoignages pour l’art abstrait 1952, edited by Julien Alvard and Roger Van Gindertael. Paris: Editions Art d’Aujourd’hui, 1952.
General ReferenceCalder, Alexander. “Voici une petite histoire de mon cirque.” In Permanence du Cirque. Exhibition Catalogue. Paris: Revue Neuf, 1952.
General Reference“Gongs and Towers.” Art News, vol. 50, no. 9 (January 1952).
MagazineCassou, Jean. “Les Espaces.” XXe siècle. no. 2 (January 1952).
MagazineMendel, Hortense, and Robert L. Leslie.Young Faces: An Illustration Album of Type Faces for Children’s Books (1952).
MagazineKonsthallen, Helsinki. Klar Form. Exhibition catalogue. 1952.
Group Exhibition CatalogueCurt Valentin Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers. Exhibition catalogue. 1952. Reprinted texts by James Johnson Sweeney and Fernand Léger.
Solo Exhibition CataloguePreston, Stuart. “Chiefly Abstract.” New York Times, 20 January 1952.
NewspaperFitzsimmons, James. “Master Toymaker.” Art Digest, vol. 26, no. 9 (1 February 1952).
Magazine“Airborne Abstracts.” Hollywood Home News (February 1952).
Magazine“New Mobiles at the Curt Valentin Gallery.” Interiors, vol. 111 (March 1952).
MagazineThe Museum of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions, July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951, vol. 14 (Spring 1952).
MagazineShaprio, Karl. “Homage to Calder.” New Yorker, vol. 28, no. 6 (29 March 1952).
MagazineGómez Sicre, José. “Master of Space and Time.” Américas, vol. 4, no. 4 (April 1952).
MagazineHebbeln, Henry. “Nine Hillside Houses: Sand Point. Long Island.” The Magazine of Building: House & Home (April 1952).
MagazinePeju, Marcel. “Alexander Calder, Sculpteur du Mouvement Met Ses Atomes Crochus au Service du Théâtre ‘Nucléaire.’” Samedi-Soir, no. 355, 19 April 1952.
Newspaper“Ces fils de fer sont le 1er décor atomique.” Paris-Presse L’Intransigeant, 21 April 1952.
NewspaperMannoni, Eugene. “Joujoux Pour Adultes les ‘Mobiles’ de Calder Tournaient Doucement . . .” Combat, 9 May 1952.
NewspaperCourthion, Pierre. “Calder et la poésie de l’espace.” XXe siècle, no. 3 (June 1952).
MagazineMellquist, Jerome. “Alexander Calder et Hans Fischer: hommes d’un langage nouveau.” Les Arts Plastiques (Brussels), vol. 5, no. 6 (June 1952).
MagazineGalerie Parnass, Wuppertal, Germany. Calder Mobile. Exhibition catalogue. 1952.
Solo Exhibition CatalogueSaurel, Renee. “Le Theatre.” Messieurs (June 1952).
Magazine“Mobiles et mouvantes, les robes des demi-collections.” Elle, no. 341 (9 June 1952).
MagazineVenice. XXVI Biennale di Venezia. Exhibition catalogue. 1952. Introduction by Rodolfo Pallucchini; texts by Christian Zervos and James Johnson Sweeney (excerpt from MoMA 1943).
Group Exhibition Catalogue“U.S. Sculptor Honored.” New York Times, 16 June 1952.
NewspaperOtt, Günther. “Schwebende Drahtplastiken.” Rundschau (Cologne), no. 138, 19 June 1952.
NewspaperOswald, Marianne. “Ce n’était pas avec du Chatterton.” Combat, 20 June 1952.
Newspaper“La XXVI Biennale di Venezia.” Sele Arte (July–August 1952).
MagazineG. F. “Alexander Calder, lo scultore del filo di ferro.” La Nuova Sardesna Sassari, 2 July 1952.
NewspaperLombard, Suzanne. “Alexander Calder.” Le Soir, 8 July 1952.
NewspaperModerne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich. Alexander Calder / Joan Miró. Exhibition catalogue. 1952.
Group Exhibition CatalogueMellquist, Jerome. “Venice Biennale, 1952: Seeing a United Nations of Art.” Art Digest, vol. 26, no. 19 (August 1952).
MagazineNewton, Eric. “A Critic Wiretaps Alexander Calder.” New York Times Magazine (10 August 1952).
MagazineSeiberling, Dorothy. “Calder, his Gyrating ‘Mobile’ Art Wins International Fame and Prizes.” Life, vol. 33, no. 8 (25 August 1952).
Magazine“Venice: This Year’s Biennale.” Art News, vol. 51, no. 5 (September 1952).
Magazine“Optische Aeolsharfe: ‘Calder-Mobiles’–Abstraktes Spielzeug.” Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 27 September 1952.
NewspaperPhiladelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Park Art Association. Sculpture of the Twentieth Century. Exhibition catalogue. 1952.
Group Exhibition CatalogueBrest, Jorge Romero. “La XXVI Bienal de Venecia.” Ver y Estimar, vol. 8, nos. 29–30 (November 1952).
MagazineVietta, Egon. “Calder, der Ariel der eisernen Zivilisation.” Frankfurter Allgemeine, 13 November 1952.
NewspaperRemszhardt, Godo. “Alexander Calder: Vitalität und Esprit.” Frankfurter Rundschau, 23 November 1952.
NewspaperYale University Art Gallery, New Haven. In Memory of Katherine S. Dreier 1877–1952: Her Own Collection of Modern Art. Exhibition catalogue. 1952.
Group Exhibition Catalogue