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Sandra Calder, Roxbury studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Sandra Calder, Roxbury studio, 1940

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder with daughters Sandra and Mary at Keith Warner’s house in Fort Lauderdale (1946)

Louisa Calder with daughters Sandra and Mary at Keith Warner's house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1946

Louisa Calder with daughters Sandra and Mary at Keith Warner’s house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1946

Calder in Paris, 1946

Installation photograph, Origins of Modern Sculpture, City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1946Photograph © Piaget Saint Louis

4 Modern Sculptors: Brancusi, Calder, Lipchitz, Moore (1946)

Installation photograph, 4 Modern Sculptors: Brancusi, Calder, Lipchitz, Moore, Cincinnati Modern Art Society, Ohio, 1946

Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations (1946)

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

Installation photograph showing Constellation with Sundial (c. 1943), Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellation (1946)

Calder with Marcel Duchamp, review of Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

Portrait of Calder, 11 December 1946Photograph by Irving Penn © The Irving Penn Foundation

Portrait of Calder, 11 December 1946

Photograph by Irving Penn

The Calder Family, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

The Calder Family, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Small standing mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Small standing mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra and Mercedes and Alexander Matter (1947)

Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra and Mercedes and Alexander Matter, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra and Mercedes and Alexander Matter, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Mary Calder, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Mary Calder, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, Giraffe, and Untitled, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Untitled, Giraffe, and Untitled, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Black Tulip (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Black Tulip (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Little Parasite, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Little Parasite, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Myrtle Burl (1941), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder with Myrtle Burl (1941), Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Mobile Q, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Mobile Q, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Armada (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder with Armada (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles (1947)

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Moths I, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Moths I, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Red Lily, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Red Lily, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Root, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Root, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Root, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Root, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Monocle, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Monocle, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Monocle, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Monocle, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Tentacles, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Tentacles, Roxbury, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Petit Mobile (1940), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Petit Mobile (1940), Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Standing mobile with tools, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Standing mobile with tools, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder assembling Laocoön outside of his Roxbury studio, 1947

Calder and Louisa Calder with Impartial Forms (1946), Roxbury, 1947

Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Calder, Léger, Bodmer, Leuppi, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, 1947

Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines (1947)

Installation photograph, Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines, Palais des Papes à Avignon, France, 1947Photograph by Joaquin Gomis © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fonds Cahiers d'art

Installation photograph, Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines, Palais des Papes à Avignon, France, 1947

Photograph by Joaquin Gomis

Calder with The General Sherman (1945), 1947Photograph by Carl Van Vechten © Carl Van Vechten

Calder with The General Sherman (1945), 1947

Photograph by Carl Van Vechten

Calder at Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin (1947)

Calder with Gamma and Sword Plant, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947

Calder with Root, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947Photograph by Adolph Studly © Adolph Studly

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947

Photograph by Adolph Studly

Calder with Jackson Pollock, East Hampton, c. 1948Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder with Jackson Pollock, East Hampton, c. 1948

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Plaster sculptures in the Roxbury studio (c. 1948)

Plaster sculptures, Roxbury studio, c. 1948

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, 1948

Calder with daughters Sandra and Mary, Grandma’s house (1949)

Calder with daughters Sandra and Mary, Grandma's house, Roxbury, 1949

Calder with daughters Sandra and Mary, Grandma’s house, Roxbury, 1949

Calder with the aluminum cast of On One Knee (1944), Roxbury studio, 1949

Calder installing International Mobile (1949)

Calder installing International Mobile, Third International Exhibition of Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949Photograph by Herbert Gehr © Life Magazine

Calder installing International Mobile, Third International Exhibition of Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949

Photograph by Herbert Gehr

Installation photograph, Calder, Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 1949Photograph by George M. Cushing Jr.

Martha Graham performing Judith at Columbia Auditorium with the Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky, 4–5 January 1950Photograph by Lin Caulfield

Calder and Louisa Calder dancing on the ship Ile de France, 1950Photograph by Louis Hamon

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Toaster (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Toaster (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sun and moon from Happy as Larry (1949) in Calder’s Roxbury studio (1950)

Sun and moon from Happy as Larry (1949), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Sun and moon from Happy as Larry (1949), Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder wearing Mask (c. 1945), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder wearing Mask (c. 1945), Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (Campigli, 1930), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Untitled (Campigli, 1930), Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder’s storage shelves with necklace in his Roxbury studio (1950)

Calder's storage shelves with necklace, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder’s storage shelves with necklace, Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder’s desk in his Roxbury studio (1950)

Calder's desk, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder’s desk, Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder's desk, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder’s desk, Roxbury studio, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Nanette Lederer Calder, Roxbury, c. 1950

Triple Gong (c. 1948) and Alexander Stirling Calder's bust of Louisa Calder, Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Triple Gong (c. 1948) and Alexander Stirling Calder’s bust of Louisa Calder, Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Rat (1948), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Rat (1948), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Chinese tea cups with brass wire zarfs and ebony spoons (1950)

Chinese tea cups converted by Calder to espresso cups with brass wire zarfs and ebony spoons (c. 1935–40), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Chinese tea cups converted by Calder to espresso cups with brass wire zarfs and ebony spoons (c. 1935–40), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Dinner bell (c. 1942), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50) in the Roxbury house “big room (1950)

Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Ferns in the Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (c. 1947), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Grills (c. 1935–40), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Hand of Fatima (c. 1948) and Bird ornament (c. 1945), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Hand of Fatima (c. 1948) and Bird ornament (c. 1945), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Door latch (c. 1948), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bird ornament (c. 1945), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Grill (c. 1935), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Plants in the Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Lamp in the Roxbury house “front room” (1950)

Lamp (c. 1934) and Alexander Stirling Calder's bronze sculpture, Roxbury house "front room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Lamp (c. 1934) and Alexander Stirling Calder’s bronze sculpture, Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Black Spot on Gimbals (1942), Roxbury house "front room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Black Spot on Gimbals (1942), Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Chairs (c. 1935) and Untitled (c. 1945), Roxbury house "front room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Chairs (c. 1935) and Untitled (c. 1945), Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Light fixture (c. 1935), Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (c. 1945) and a standing mobile (c. 1940) in the Roxbury house “front room (1950)

Untitled (c. 1945) and a standing mobile (c. 1940), Roxbury house "front room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Untitled (c. 1945) and a standing mobile (c. 1940), Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Roxbury Fish (c. 1948), Roxbury house kitchen, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Forks, spoons, baby food pusher, milk skimmer, roasting pan and lid, and colander (c. 1935–48), Roxbury house kitchen, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Forks, spoons, baby food pusher, milk skimmer, roasting pan and lid, and colander (c. 1935–48), Roxbury house kitchen, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Rack with grills and utensils (c. 1935–45), Roxbury house kitchen, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Rack with grills and utensils (c. 1935–45), Roxbury house kitchen, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Storage closet latch (c. 1944), Roxbury house downstairs bathroom, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Storage closet latch (c. 1944), Roxbury house downstairs bathroom, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Toilet paper holder (c. 1935) in the Roxbury house upstairs bathroom (1950)

Toilet paper holder (c. 1935), Roxbury house upstairs bathroom, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Toilet paper holder (c. 1935), Roxbury house upstairs bathroom, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Light fixture (c. 1945) in the Roxbury house upstairs hallway (1950)

Light fixture (c. 1945), Roxbury house upstairs hallway, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Light fixture (c. 1945), Roxbury house upstairs hallway, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Fish light fixture (c. 1950) in the Roxbury house woodshed (1950)

Fish light fixture (c. 1950), Roxbury house woodshed, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Birds (c. 1950), Roxbury, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sign (c. 1944), Roxbury, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder wearing his handmade hat and cape (c. 1946) (1950)

Calder wearing his handmade hat and cape (c. 1946), Roxbury, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder wearing his handmade hat and cape (c. 1946), Roxbury, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter