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Life period
1953–1962
Type
Historical Photos 68
See highlights from 1953–1962 on the timeline Large-scale Developments and Intercontinental Projects

Calder with Lion Tamer act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with Lion Tamer act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with Lion Tamer act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with Lion Tamer act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with Parachutist act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with Parachutist act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with Trapeze act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with Trapeze act performing Cirque Calder (1926–31), Galerie Maeght, 1953
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with Myxomatose (1953), Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with Myxomatose (1953), Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with L'empennage (1953), Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with L’empennage (1953), Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

The Calder family, Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
The Calder family, Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with 21 feuilles blanches (1953), Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with 21 feuilles blanches (1953), Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with 21 feuilles blanches (1953), Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with 21 feuilles blanches (1953), Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with Yellow Disc (1953), Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder with Yellow Disc (1953), Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder working on Escutcheon, Beirut, Lebanon, January 1954Photograph by Hal Winslow
Calder working on Escutcheon, Beirut, Lebanon, January 1954Photograph by Hal Winslow

Calder installing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder installing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder preparing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder preparing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder and Carlos Raúl Villanueva with Asiento del diablo, Caracas, 1955Photograph by Paolo Gasparini
Calder and Carlos Raúl Villanueva with Asiento del diablo, Caracas, 1955Photograph by Paolo Gasparini

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1957. The Cock's Comb hangs overhead.Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman
Calder, Roxbury studio, 1957. The Cock’s Comb hangs overhead.
Photograph by Arnold Newman

7 Legged Beast, Segré's Iron Works, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1957Photograph by Rufus Stillman
7 Legged Beast, Segré’s Iron Works, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1957Photograph by Rufus Stillman

Calder installing .125 at Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York, 1957Photograph by Walter Sanders © Life Magazine
Calder installing .125 at Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York, 1957
Photograph by Walter Sanders

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1957Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman
Calder, Roxbury studio, 1957
Photograph by Arnold Newman

Louisa Calder and Calder reviewing the installation of .125, Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York, 1957Photograph by Walter Sanders © Life Magazine
Louisa Calder and Calder reviewing the installation of .125, Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York, 1957
Photograph by Walter Sanders

Calder with Spirale (maquette, 1956), Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Lore Hammerschmid
Calder with Spirale (maquette, 1956), Palais de l’UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Lore Hammerschmid

Spirale, Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Budd
Spirale, Palais de l’UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Budd

The Whirling Ear, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958Photograph by Robert Kayaert
The Whirling Ear, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958Photograph by Robert Kayaert

Calder with Spirale, Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Lore Hammerschmid
Calder with Spirale, Palais de l’UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Lore Hammerschmid

Untitled, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, c. 1959Photograph by Lee Boltin
Untitled, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, c. 1959Photograph by Lee Boltin

Nuns with Black Widow (1959), outside the Chiesa di San Domenico, Spoleto, Italy, 1962Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Nuns with Black Widow (1959), outside the Chiesa di San Domenico, Spoleto, Italy, 1962
Photograph by Ugo Mulas

Calder with Teodelapio, Spoleto, Italy, 1962Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder with Teodelapio, Spoleto, Italy, 1962
Photograph by Ugo Mulas

Teodelapio, Spoleto, Italy, 1962Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Teodelapio, Spoleto, Italy, 1962
Photograph by Ugo Mulas

Calder and a nun with Black Widow (1959), outside the Chiesa di San Domenico, Spoleto, Italy, 1962Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder and a nun with Black Widow (1959), outside the Chiesa di San Domenico, Spoleto, Italy, 1962
Photograph by Ugo Mulas

Calder with Teodelapio and Teodelapio (maquette, 1956), Spoleto, Italy, 1962Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder with Teodelapio and Teodelapio (maquette, 1956), Spoleto, Italy, 1962
Photograph by Ugo Mulas

Calder and Joan Miró with Les Triangles (1963) at the opening of Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder and Joan Miró with Les Triangles (1963) at the opening of Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969
Photograph by Ugo Mulas