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Exhibitions 247
1970
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich. Calder. 24 September 1970.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Semiha Huber, Zurich. A. Calder: Mobile, Bilder, Graphik, Teppiche. October 1970.
Solo ExhibitionUniversity of California, Berkeley. Hawk for Peace. 2 October 1970.
Installation / Dedication CeremonyPerls Galleries, New York. Alexander Calder: Recent Gouaches–Early Mobiles. 20 October–28 November 1970.
Solo ExhibitionMuseo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá. A Salute to Alexander Calder. 29 October–13 December 1970. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionAlbert Loeb and Krugier Gallery, New York. A Winter Collection. December 1970.
Group Exhibition1971
Galerie Blanche, Stockholm. 1971.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Maeght, Paris. Calder: Stabiles, Animobiles. 12 February 1971.
Solo ExhibitionSociety of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida. Alexander Calder / Louise Nevelson / David Smith. 6 March–5 April 1971.
Group ExhibitionMuseo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo. Alexander Calder: escultura, acuarelas y dibujos, grabados, libros ilustrados y joyas de la colección del Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York. 1–29 April 1971. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionStudio Marconi, Milan. Calder. April–May 1971.
Solo ExhibitionBrook Street Gallery, London. April–May 1971.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie d’Art Moderne Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Mobiles/Stabiles, Bronzes, Gouaches et Lithographies. 3 April–5 June 1971.
Solo ExhibitionGimpel Fils, London. Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Gouaches. 15 April–15 May 1971.
Solo ExhibitionGalleria Il Milione, Milan. Calder: Grafica e Libri Recenti. 27 April–25 May 1971.
Solo ExhibitionMuseo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. Escultura, acuarelas y dibujos, grabados, libros ilustra doy joyas de la Coleccion del Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York. 6 May–6 June 1971. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionJohn Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. Alexander Calder. 13 May–14 June 1971.
Solo ExhibitionAmériques (1971). Choreographed by Norbert Schmuki; sets and costumes designed by Calder; music by Edgard Varèse. Performed by Ballet-Théâtre Contemporain in Amiens, France.
Theatrical PerformanceInstitute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston. Art for Children. 22 May–September 1971.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Artek, Helsinki. Calder: 6 Tapisseries d’Aubusson 1970–1971. 25 May–10 June 1971.
Solo ExhibitionAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York. Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards. 27 May–20 June 1971.
Group ExhibitionGalleria dell’Obelisco, Rome. Calder. June 1971.
Solo ExhibitionMusée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Calder. 23 June–15 September 1971.
Solo ExhibitionMuseo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago. A Salute to Alexander Calder. 12 August–12 September 1971. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionBadischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Bilder, Teppiche. 29 August–3 October 1971.
Solo ExhibitionMaison des Arts et Loisirs, Sochaux, France. Calder. 25 September–9 November 1971. Originated from Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France.
Solo ExhibitionPerls Galleries, New York. Calder: Animobiles–Recent Gouaches. 5 October–6 November 1971.
Solo ExhibitionWhitney Museum of American Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Tapestries. 5 October–14 November 1971.
Solo ExhibitionPace Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. Calder. 10 October–13 November 1971.
Solo ExhibitionMuseo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico City. Alexander Calder, esculturas, acuarelas, dibujos, grabados, libros ilustrados, joyeria. 28 October–28 November 1971. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Moos, Inc., Montreal. Alexander Calder: Original Gouaches. 15 November–6 December 1971.
Solo ExhibitionCorcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder Tapestries. 3 December 1971–2 January 1972. Originated from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionTaft Museum, Cincinnati. Alexander Calder: Early Works, c. 1927–1944. 12 December 1971–31 January 1972.
Solo Exhibition1972
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio. A Salute to Alexander Calder. 13 January–27 February 1972. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionHokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida. Calder: Aubusson Tapestries. 18 January–7 February 1972.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Verrière, Paris. Calder: Tapisseries. 23 February–19 March 1972.
Solo ExhibitionParker Street 470 Gallery, Boston. Alexander Calder Tapestries. 19 March–8 April 1972. Originated from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionTyler Museum of Art, Texas. A Salute to Alexander Calder. 20 March–30 April 1972. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionLeonard Hutton Galleries, New York. Calder: Aubusson Tapestries. 14 April–31 May 1972. Originated from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionWhitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Circus. 20 April–11 June 1972.
Solo ExhibitionDuBose Gallery, Houston. Aubusson Tapestries by Calder. 1–22 May 1972.
Solo ExhibitionSalles New York, Paris. Salon de Mai. 4 May–4 June 1972.
Group ExhibitionGallerias Mer-Kup, Mexico City. Aubusson Tapestries by Calder. June 1972.
Solo ExhibitionMusée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Le Surréalisme 1922–1942. 9 June–24 September 1972.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. A Child’s Summer with Calder and Miró. 14 June–20 August 1972.
Group ExhibitionL’eglise du Chateau, Felletin-Creuse, France. Calder Tapisseries et Mobiles. 23 June–10 September 1972.
Solo ExhibitionJoslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. A Salute to Alexander Calder. 7 September–22 October 1972. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionSidney Janis Gallery and Pace Gallery, New York. Art for McGovern. 20 September–21 September 1972.
Group ExhibitionSala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Calder. September–October 1972.
Solo ExhibitionHigh Museum of Art, Atlanta. Calder in Atlanta. 1–29 October 1972.
Solo ExhibitionDavid Ash Gallery, Seattle. Alexander Calder: Recent Lithographs. 6–29 October 1972.
Solo ExhibitionPerls Galleries, New York. Alexander Calder: Oil Paintings. 10 October–11 November 1972.
Solo ExhibitionDelta International Art Center, Rome. Alexander Calder. 27 October–22 November 1972.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Claude Bollack, Strasbourg, France. l’Expression. 9–23 November 1972.
Solo ExhibitionOakland Museum, California. A Salute to Alexander Calder. 14 November 1972–1 January 1973. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Solo ExhibitionThe Arts Club of Chicago. Aubusson Tapestries by Alexander Calder. 15 November–30 December 1972.
Solo ExhibitionFuji Television Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo. Calder / Miró. 15–30 November 1972.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Beyeler, Basel. Miró / Calder. December 1972–January 1973.
Group Exhibition1973
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne. Calder, 22 Teppiche aus den Ateliers Pinton Aubusson. 1973.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Maeght, Paris. Calder: Recent Mobiles. 24 January–24 February 1973.
Solo ExhibitionGimpel Fils, London. Master Sculptors of the 20th Century. 30 January–3 March 1973.
Group ExhibitionGalerie T. Roussel, Perpignan, France. February–March 1973.
Solo ExhibitionKunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany. Calder: 22 Teppiche aus den Ateliers Pinton Aubusson. 8 February–8 March 1973. Originated from Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne.
Solo ExhibitionPaine Art Center & Arboretum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Tapestries by Calder. 11 February–4 March 1973.
Solo ExhibitionJacques Damase Gallery, Brussels. Calder. 19 February–28 March 1973.
Solo ExhibitionKubus, Hanover, Germany. Calder, 22 Teppiche aus den Ateliers Pinton Aubusson. March–15 April, 1973. Originated from Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne.
Solo ExhibitionArt Institute of Chicago. Alexander Calder. 23 April 1973. Calder presented his maquette for Flamingo in a one-night exhibition.
Solo ExhibitionPalais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium. Calder: Sculptures en plein air: Plaine des Manœuvres; Gouaches et petits mobiles: Bibliothèque communale. 13 May–15 July 1973.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Maeght, Zurich. Alexander Calder: Retrospektive. 24 May–July 1973.
Solo ExhibitionGalleria d’Arte La Bussola, Turin, Italy. Selezione 1973. 18 June 1973.
Group ExhibitionSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Calder Airplanes. 9 August–7 October 1973.
Solo ExhibitionSala Gaspar, Barcelona. Calder: Escultures; Exposicio Calder Pintures. September 1973.
Solo ExhibitionVilla Montalvo, Saratoga, California. Alexander Calder: Mobiles. October 1973.
Solo ExhibitionPerls Galleries, New York. Calder at 75–Works in Progress. 3 October–3 November 1973.
Solo ExhibitionJoseloff Gallery, University of Hartford. Alexander Calder. 8–12 October 1973.
Solo ExhibitionBurr Memorial Mall, University of Hartford. Stegosaurus. 10 October 1973.
Award Ceremony, Installation / Dedication CeremonyDetroit Institute of the Arts, Michigan. Alexander Calder: Prints, Drawings, and Illustrated Books. 18 October–18 November 1973.
Solo ExhibitionGalleria d’Arte La Bussola, Turin, Italy. Calder. 26 October 1973.
Solo ExhibitionGallery 36 (Foote, Cone & Belding), New York. Flying Colors. December 1973.
Solo ExhibitionWharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Flying Colors. 4–20 December 1973. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Solo ExhibitionWhitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York. 3 Sculptors: Calder, Nevelson, David Smith. 5 December 1973–3 January 1974.
Group ExhibitionDe Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Primal Images. 16 December 1973–3 February 1974.
Group Exhibition1974
Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris. Calder: Mobile et Lithographies. 9 February–24 March 1974.
Solo ExhibitionKatonah Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder. 9 February–24 March 1974.
Solo ExhibitionHarcus Krakow Rosen Sonnabend Gallery, Boston. Alexander Calder / Tapestries. 9 February–9 March 1974.
Solo ExhibitionStudio d’Arte Condotti, Rome. Calder. 4 March 1974.
Solo ExhibitionLeonard Hutton Galleries, New York. Aubusson Tapestries by Calder. April–June 1974.
Solo ExhibitionCentre Culturel de Saint-Pierre des Corps, France. Calder. April 1974.
Solo ExhibitionRolly-Michaux Galleries, New York. Alexander Calder: Selected Lithographs. 30 April–18 May 1974.
Solo ExhibitionRolly-Michaux Galleries, Boston. Alexander Calder: Selected Lithographs. 21 May–8 June 1974. Originated from Rolly-Michaux Galleries, New York.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Jeanne Abeille, Toulouse, France. Calder: Tapisseries d’Aubusson et Lithographs. 29 May–10 July 1974.
Solo ExhibitionGalleria Angolare, Milan. Gouaches di Calder. June 1974.
Solo ExhibitionMusée Municipal, Limoges, France. Calder: Mobiles, Gouaches, Tapisseries, Assiettes, Lithographies. June 1974.
Solo ExhibitionSalle des Ecuries de Saint-Hugues et Musée Ochier, Cluny, France. Calder. 21 June–8 September 1974.
Solo ExhibitionDowntown Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art. 8 July–23 August 1974.
Solo ExhibitionMonumenta Newport, Inc., Newport, Rhode Island. Monumenta: Sculpture in Environment. 17 August–13 October 1974.
Group ExhibitionFort Worth Art Museum, Texas. Twentieth Century Art from Fort Worth Dallas Collections. 8 September–15 October 1974.
Group ExhibitionPerls Galleries, New York. Alexander Calder: Crags and Critters of 1974. 15 October–16 November 1974.
Solo ExhibitionHokin Gallery, Chicago. Calder Paintings / Sculpture / Graphics. 15 October–16 November 1974.
Solo ExhibitionDenise René/Hans Meyer, Düsseldorf. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Gouachen. 17 October–22 November 1974.
Solo ExhibitionHistorical Photos 148
Louisa Calder, Le Carroi house, Saché, 1976
Photograph by Pedro Guerrero © Pedro GuerreroLouisa Calder, Le Carroi house, Saché, 1976
Chronology 198
The Calders move into the new house at Saché.
Lipman 1976, 338Louisa Calder, Le Carroi house, Saché, 1976
Photograph by Pedro Guerrero © Pedro GuerreroLouisa Calder, Le Carroi house, Saché, 1976
Photograph by Pedro GuerreroIn France, Calder makes The Stevens Mobile to commemorate Stevens’ one-hundredth anniversary.
CF, project fileThe Calders return to the United States.
CF, passportThe Calders dine at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York with daughter Mary and Calder’s sister, Peggy.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders attend the reception and private viewing of the current exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, including “A Salute to Alexander Calder.”
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders have lunch at Del Pezzo.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders have dinner with daughter Mary and Elodie and Nick Osborn. Soon after, they depart for France.
CF, MCR datebookCalder is commissioned by Klaus Perls, Robert Graham, and Morton Rosenfeld to design a sidewalk strip on Madison Avenue between Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Streets.
CF, project file
Calder’s black-and-white Sidewalk is installed.
CF, project fileThe Calders arrive in New York.
CF, passportPerls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Alexander Calder: Recent Gouaches–Early Mobiles.”
CF, exhibition fileCalder and Louisa return to New York following a brief stay in Roxbury.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders have dinner in New York with the Osborns.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders depart for France.
CF, MCR datebook1971
Calder designs sets and costumes for the ballet Amériques, choreographed by Norbert Schmuki, scored by Edgard Varèse, and performed by the Ballet-Théâtre Contemporain in Amiens, France.
CF, object fileGalerie Maeght, Paris, exhibits “Calder: Stabiles and Animobiles.” The catalogue text includes “Calder la liberté” by Carlos Franqui, with cover and illustrations by Calder.
CF, exhibition fileThe American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters awards Calder the Gold Medal for Sculpture. Calder’s work is shown in the Academy’s group exhibition from 27 May–20 June.
Lipman 1976, 338; CF, awards fileThe Calders arrive in New York.
CF, passportThe Calders arrive in New York.
CF, passportPerls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Calder: Animobiles–Recent Gouaches.” Klaus Perls writes the catalogue text.
CF, exhibition fileThe Calders return to France.
CF, calendar1972
The Calders arrive in New York.
CF, MCR datebookCalder and Louisa attend events surrounding the opening of “Calder’s Circus,” curated by Jean Lipman, at the Whitney museum of American Art, New York.
CR, MCR datebookThe Calders have dinner in New York with daughter Mary.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders depart for France.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders sponsor an ad in the New York Times calling for Richard Nixon’s impeachment: Upon the Impeachment of Richard Nixon, for high crimes and misdemeanors, the Constitution of the United States, provides that he, among others shall be removed from office . . .
for conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents “A Child’s Summer with Calder and Miró.”
CF, exhibition fileSala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, presents “Calder.” Miró writes a poem for the catalogue.
CF, exhibition fileCalder arrives in New York, four days after Louisa.
CF, MCR datebookPerls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Alexander Calder: Oil Paintings.”
CF, exhibition fileThomas Messer takes the Calders, Serts, and Rowers out to dinner prior to the opening of “Joan Miró: Magnetic Fields” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
CF, MCR datebookCalder travels to Roxbury with Klaus Perls and Daniel Lelong.
CF, MCR datebookCalder and Louisa have dinner in New York at the home of daughter Mary.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders depart for France.
CF, MCR datebookFuji Television Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, presents “Calder / Miró.”
CF, exhibition fileGalerie Beyeler, Basel, presents “Miró / Calder.”
CF, exhibition file1973
Calder gives the Mercury Fountain to the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. The museum was designed by Sert. The fountain is installed in June 1975.
CF, project file
Calder donates a lithograph, Balloons, to the Nicaragua Earthquake Relief, organized to aid the victims of the earthquake in Managua.
CF, project fileGalerie Maeght, Paris, exhibits “Calder: Recent Mobiles.” The catalogue text includes “Retour au mobile” by Maurice Besset and “Calder ou le poids de l’air” by André Balthazar, with cover and illustrations by Calder.
CF, exhibition fileGalerie Maeght, Zurich, exhibits “Alexander Calder: Retrospektive.” C. Giedion-Welcker writes the introduction for the catalogue.
CF, exhibition fileThe Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art commissions Calder to make a monumental sculpture for its new building. The mobile, designed specifically for the central court of the National Gallery’s East Building, is completed and installed after Calder’s death in
1976.
The Calders arrive in New York and have dinner with Klaus Perls.
CF, MCR datebookCalder and Louisa travel to Roxbury.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders spend time in Roxbury with Arthur Miller and Inge Morath, Robert and Elodie Osborn, and Klaus Perls.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders return to New York.
CF, MCR datebookCalder and Louisa have dinner in New York at the home of daughter Mary.
CF, MCR datebookPerls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Calder at 75–Works in Progress.”
CF, exhibition fileThe Calders have dinner in New York at the home of daughter Mary.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders travel to Roxbury.
CF, MCR datebookCalder attends the dedication ceremony for the monumental stabile Stegosaurus at the Alfred E. Burr Memorial Mall in Hartford. Following the event, he receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Hartford.
CF, project file
Calder visits the new Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to view the DC-8-62 jet Flying Colors, his commission from Braniff International Airways. He hand paints Sunburst and Beastie on the port-side engine cowlings.
New York Post, 31 October; Lipman 1976, 339Flying Colors makes its inaugural flight from Dallas Love Field to Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City—where the Calders disembark—before continuing to Washington D.C., Miami, and Latin America.
Friends on board with the Calders include Ruth and Leonard Horwich, Jean Lipman, Dorothy Miller, Nancy Mulnix, Elodie and Robert Osborn, Andi Schlitz, and Leslie and Rufus Stillman; family members include the Calders’ daughter Mary, who is joined by husband Howard and sons Holton and Alexander, and Calder’s sister, Peggy.
The Calders depart for France.
CF, MCR datebook1974
The film Gouaches de Calder, directed by Carlos Vilardebó, is released.
CF, project filePrompted by Calder’s project with Braniff International Airways to paint a DC-8 jet, French auctioneer and racecar driver Hervé Poulain commissions Calder to design the first-ever BMW Art Car.
CF, object fileCalder accepts the Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur of France; Michel Debré, the former French premier, presents the award.
CF, awards fileCalder and Louisa attend a dinner organized by Aimé Maeght at Mouln de la Galette celebrating Miró’s exhibition at the Grand Palais, Paris.
CF, invitation; CF, Descargues to Calder, 7 May; CF, photography fileCalder is named Citoyen d’Honneur de la Commune by the Mayor of Saché.
CF, awards fileCalder donates the monumental sculpture Totem-Saché, installed in the main square of the town of Saché.
Lipman 1976, 339
The Calders return to New York.
CF, MCR datebookPerls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Alexander Calder: Crags and Critters of 1974.”
CF, exhibition file
The festival “Alexander Calder Day” in Chicago includes a circus parade with the Schlitz forty-horse hitch and the dedications of the motorized Universe at the Sears Tower and the monumental stabile Flamingo at the Federal Center Plaza. Calder is given a key to the city by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Calder receives the Grand Prix National des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister of Culture Michel Guy.
CF, awards file1975
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, presents “Calder and Miró: Works on Paper 1957–1974.”
CF, exhibition file“Calder: Crags and Critters” is presented at Galerie Maeght, Paris. The catalogue text includes the essay “Un tournant chez Calder” by Mario Pedrosa; cover and illustrations by Calder. The exhibition travels to Galerie Maeght, Zurich.
CF, exhibition fileThe Calders visit Israel to discuss a monumental sculpture project with the Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek. Jerusalem Stabile I is completed in 1976 and Louisa attends the dedication ceremony in 1977.
New York Times, 12 May; CF, project file
After construction, testing, and maintenance, the Calder BMW Art Car is painted.
CF, object fileHaus der Kunst, Munich, exhibits “Calder,” a retrospective. The catalogue includes the essay “Entstehung des Mobile” by Maurice Besset.
CF, exhibition fileThe Calders, Marcel Breuer, and others who worked on the UNESCO building in Paris protest UNESCO’s expulsion of Israel in a New York Times ad: We artists who are citizens of the world urge the General Conference to reverse itself and end all sanctions against Israel, and let
the building we created be saved as a vision of hope, not as a symbol of tragedy.
Flying Colors is exhibited at the Thirty-first Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. On 29 and 30 May, Calder hand paints the two starboard engine cowlings with Le Poisson and L’Aigle, respectively.
Lipman 1976, 340; New York Post, 7 JuneThe Thirty-first Paris Air Show, where Flying Colors is on view, opens to the public. The Calders and guests, including Braniff executives, embark on a three-hour tour of the French countryside aboard the plane.
Lipman 1976, 340; Philadelphia Inquirer, 30 MayCalder attends the Le Mans 24-Hour race, where his BMW Art Car is driven by Poulain, Jean Guichet, and Sam Posey. Due to a mechanical failure relating to the driveshaft, the car does not complete the race.
CF, object fileCalder celebrates his birthday with a large party at Le Carroi. Every reveler is given a small gouache.
CF, ASCR correspondence, 22 July 2018Galerie Maeght, Zurich, exhibits “Calder: Crags and Critters.”
CF, exhibition filePerls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Alexander Calder: Recent Mobiles and Circus Gouaches.”
CF, exhibition fileThe maquette for Flying Colors of the United States, Calder’s commission from Braniff International Airways in honor of the bicentennial, is unveiled during a luncheon at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
The Art Selection Committee includes Tom Armstrong, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Stephen Prokopoff, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Calder is awarded the United Nations Peace Medal, and Louisa Calder receives the Woman of the Year Award from the World Federation of the United Nations Associations.
CF, awards fileAt the Braniff hangar in Dallas, Calder hand paints two of the engine cowlings on Flying Colors of the United States with Don’t Tread on Me and Flying Colors ’76.
CF, project file; Preview, 25 NovemberDeparting from Dallas Love Field with Calder and Louisa on board, Flying Colors of the United States arrives at Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C., where the plane is dedicated by Betty Ford.
The Calders’ friends in attendance include Laura and James Johnson Sweeney, Joanna and William Drew, and Dorothy Miller; family members include daughter Sandra, with children Shawn and Andréa, and daughter Mary, with husband Howard and son Holton. The Calders take the Boeing 727-200 back to John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, where Calder is presented with the Bicentennial Medal of New York City.
1976
The Calders arrive in New York.
CF, MCR datebookThe Calders depart for France.
CF, MCR datebookCalder and Louisa attend a luncheon at the Élysée Palace, Paris, with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and President of France Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
CF, event fileMiró invites Calder to the opening of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. Miró proposes to exchange a painting for Calder’s large outdoor stabile, Quatre ailes, which he would like for Calder to donate to the Fundació Joan Miró. Calder agrees.
CF, Miró to Calder, 19 AprilThe Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, commissions Calder to design a monumental scupture for their garden.
CF, Oxenaar to Calder, 28 MayCalder and Louisa attend the opening of Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona.
FJMCalder and Louisa travel to Otterlo for the Kröller-Müller museum commission. The project for which Calder creates a maquette, is never executed.
CF, Oxenaar to Calder, 28 May; CF, Calder to Oxenaar, 23 June
Calder receives an Honorary Fellow from the Royal Academy of Fine Art at The Hague.
CF, awards fileCalder and Louisa return to Saché from Otterlo.
CF, Louisa to Oxenaar, 4 JulyCalder and Louisa visit the Colombe d’Or in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Calder presents a gouache to Madame Yvonne Roux, who runs Colombe d’Or with her husband, Francis.
CF, object fileThe Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance organizes the “Alexander Calder Festival.” The event includes the dedication of White Cascade on 7 October at the Federal Reserve Bank, and the premiere of Under the Sun, a dance tribute to Calder performed by the Pennsylvania
Ballet. During the weeklong celebration, Calder receives an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Perls Galleries, New York, exhibits “Alexander Calder: Works on Paper 1925–1976.”
CF, exhibition fileThe Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with Jean Lipman as curator, exhibits “Calder’s Universe,” a major retrospective. The exhibition travels to fifteen cities throughout the United States and Japan.
CF, exhibition fileCalder is honored at a dinner at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Attending are sixty guests, including Georgia O’Keeffe, André Kertész, Arthur Miller, Louise Nevelson, Marcel Breuer, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Virgil Thomson, Robert Penn Warren, and Philip
Johnson.
President Gerald Ford offers the Medal of Freedom to Calder. Calder replies, I was pleased to receive your invitation last week, but felt I could not accept in a case where my acceptance would imply my accord with the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors and
deserters. As from the start I was against the war and now am working with “amnesty” I didn’t feel I could come to Washington. When there will be more justice for these men I will feel differingly [sic]. Ford posthumously awards Calder the Medal of Freedom. Louisa Calder declines to attend the ceremony: Freedom should lead to amnesty after all these years and it doesn’t seem as though it were going to happen. Freedom means freedom for all.
Calder returns with Louisa to New York from Washington, D.C., where he has finalized the details for Mountains and Clouds, a monumental stabile and mobile for the Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C.
CF, object fileCalder dies in New York City at the home of his daughter Mary.
New York Times, 12 NovemberGalerie Maeght, Paris, exhibits “Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles.” The catalogue includes the essay “L’art et la comédie” by Jean Frémon and “Forme Humaine” by Jean Davidson, with cover and illustrations by Calder.
CF, exhibition fileThe Whitney Museum of American Art holds a memorial service. Officiating is director Tom Armstrong, with remarks by Sweeney, Saul Steinberg, cartoonist Robert Osborn, and Arthur Miller, and with a solo violin performance by Alexander Schneider.
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MagazineAnnual Report: Bulletin, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Summer 1965).
MagazineMusée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1965. Preface by Jean Cassou.
Solo Exhibition CatalogueBrook Street Gallery, London. Vasarely / Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1965.
Group Exhibition CatalogueBarotte, René. “Une immense forêt qui frémit au moindre souffle.” Paris-Presse, 3 July 1965.
Newspaper“M. Loyal au Musée.” L’Express (5–11 July 1965).
MagazineLuz, Celina. “Movimento em Tôrno de Calder.” Jornal do Brasil, Sexta-Fiera, 6 July 1965.
NewspaperWeelen, Guy. “Calder: génial bricoleur.” Les Lettres Francaises (8 & 16 July 1965).
MagazineChastel, André. “Le naturalisme de Calder.” Le Monde, 9 July 1965.
NewspaperAshbery, John. “Calder Retrospective Is Climax of Paris Shows.” New York Herald Tribune (Paris edition), 13 July 1965.
NewspaperSchwartz, Paul Waldo. “Paris Greets Comprehensive Calder Show.” New York Times (International Edition), 13 July 1965.
NewspaperRoger-Marx, Claude. “Calder, Ingenieur, Ingenieux.” Le Figaro Litteraire, 15 July 1965.
Newspaper“Vasarely and Calder.” The Times (London), 21 July 1965.
NewspaperSchneider, Pierre. “Calder, rossignol et éléphant.” L’Express (26 July 1965).
MagazineRagon, Michel. “Quatre jours avec Calder.” Arts, Numéro spécial (August 1965).
MagazineRagon, Michel. “L’exposition du Musée d’Art Moderne: de l’humeur à la féerie.” Arts, Numero spécial (August 1965).
Magazine“The Humanities: ‘Our lives are the substance they are made of.’” (Publication unknown), August 1965.
MagazineTelerama (15–21 August 1965).
MagazineMetken, Günter. “Mobiler Zauber.” Die Weltwoche, 27 August 1965.
NewspaperWilliams, Sheldon. “London Art Reacts to Space Age.” New York Herald Tribune (Paris edition), 31 August 1965.
Newspaper“Amsterdam: Sorprese Fra Gli Alberi Del Vondelpark.” Domus (September 1965).
Magazine“Due Case ad Ahmedabad, India.” Domus (September 1965).
MagazineBerkson, William. “The Object: Adornment.” Craft Horizons, vol. XXV, no. 5 (September/October 1965).
MagazineRoot, Waverley. “The Greatest Living American Artist: The Picasso of Iron.” New York Journal-American, 9 September 1965.
NewspaperCharles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York. Contemporary French Tapestries. Exhibition catalogue. 1965.
Group Exhibition CatalogueMuseum of Contemporary Crafts, New York. The Art of Personal Adornment. Exhibition catalogue. 1965.
Group Exhibition CatalogueRussell, John. “Russia to the Louvre.” Sunday Times, 29 September 1965.
NewspaperRestany, Pierre. “La Grande Mostra di Calder a Parigi.” Domus, no. 431 (October 1965).
Magazine“La ‘Grande Voile’ de Calder Met Le Cap Sur L’Amérique.” La Nouvelle République, 13 October 1965.
NewspaperShepard, Richard F. “To See a Calder, Its Owners Have to Move.” New York Times, 29 October 1965.
Newspaper“Dayton’s Commissions Pioneer Sculptor for Mall Project.” Minneapolis Star, 30 October 1965.
NewspaperMcConagha, Al. “Here’s the Man Behind the Mobile.” Minneapolis Tribune, 7 November 1965.
NewspaperGlueck, Grace. “Ticket Window (Nonfunctional) is Installed at Lincoln Center.” New York Times, 12 November 1965.
NewspaperKempton, Murray. “Mr. Calder Laughs.” New York World-Telegram & Sun, 16 November 1965.
NewspaperGlueck, Grace. “A ‘Knockout’ Ends Sculpture Fight.” New York Times, 16 November 1965.
NewspaperTime (19 November 1965).
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Calder, Alexander. Calder: An Autobiography with Pictures. Edited by Jean Davidson. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.
MonographArnason, H. Harvard, and Pedro E. Guerrero. Calder. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1966.
MonographThe Great Sail (1966). Phoenix Films. 16mm, color, sound (English); 10 min. Directed by Robert Gardner; cinematography by Michael Butler, Robert Gardner, Len Gittleman, William Smock, John Spock, and Henry Stone; music by Jay Jaroslav; sound by Stuart Cody and Barry Ferguson.
FilmMobiles (1966). Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinema, Paris. 16mm, color, sound (French); 16 min. Directed by Carlos Vilardebo; cinematography by Patrice Pouget and Daniel Gaudry; narration by Calder; music by Pierre Henry.
FilmLa revue du monde (c. 1966). Gaumont newsreel, includes four segments: “L’automobile,” “Michael Jazy,” “Yves St. Martin,” and “Alexander Calder” (3 min.). 16mm, black-and-white, sound (French); 8 min.
FilmLa Fontaine, Jean de. 20 Fables. Paris: Cristobal de Acevedo, 1966.
Illustrated BookFriedlander, Alberto R. “Calder Show Animates Chicago.” (Publication unknown), 1966.
MagazineThomas, Jurgen A. “Calder’s ‘Contraptions.’” (Publication unknown), c. 1966.
NewspaperOffin, Charles Z. “At the Perls Galleries.” (Publication unknown), c. 1966.
Magazine“Not to Be Missed.” Harper’s Bazaar (c. 1966).
MagazineAdvertisement for Calder, An Autobiography with Pictures. New Yorker (1966).
MagazineCalder, Louisa, and Alexander Calder. “1966: A New Year, New World.” New York Times, 2 January 1966.
NewspaperTown & Country (February 1966).
MagazinePlumb, Barbara. “Stamped with Personality.” New York Times Magazine (6 February 1966).
Magazine“U.S. Mission to U.N. Gets Calder Gift.” New York Times, 8 February 1966.
NewspaperKramer, Hilton. “American Sculpture, Public and Private.” New York Times, 13 February 1966.
NewspaperGalerie Maeght, Paris. Calder: Gouaches et Totems. Exhibition catalogue. 1966. Derrière le Miroir, no. 156 (February 1966).
Magazine, Solo Exhibition CatalogueCoates, Robert. “The Light Touch.” New Yorker (19 February 1966).
MagazineMilton, Catherine. “A Stabile for M.I.T.” Boston Sunday Globe, 20 February 1966.
NewspaperCutler, Carol. “Calder Plants ‘Totems’ in Paris Gallery.” New York Herald Tribune (Paris edition), 22 February 1966.
NewspaperSchwartz, Paul Waldo. “Calder Displays His Skills.” New York Times (International edition), 22 February 1966.
NewspaperRoberts, Colette. “Calder, chez Perls.” France Amérique, 24 February 1966.
NewspaperMarchand, Sabine. “Totems et gouaches de Calder.” Le Figaro, 24 February 1966.
NewspaperGrand, P. M. “Gouaches et totems récents de Calder.” Le Monde, 25 February 1966.
NewspaperLevick, L. E. “Big Two: DeStael and Calder.” New York Journal-American, 26 February 1966.
NewspaperBrooks, Peter. “A Calder Stabile.” Harvard Art Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 1966).
Magazine“Roxbury Artist ‘Sculpted’ His Largest Work at MIT.” Waterbury American, 18 March 1966.
Newspaper“Calder in Review.” Technology Review (April 1966).
Magazine“The Big Sail.” Technology Review (April 1966).
MagazineSartre, Jean-Paul. “Les Mobiles de Calder.” Harvard Art Review (Spring 1966).
MagazineMullins, Edwin. “The Man Who Invented the Mobile.” Weekend Telegraph (15 April 1966).
MagazineNeugass, Fritz. “Alexander Calder–Schöpfer einer heiteren Kunst.” Tages Anzeiger Zurich, 23 April 1966.
NewspaperBrady, Fred. “Wind Won’t Rock MIT Stabile.” Boston Herald, 27 April 1966.
NewspaperRichard Gray Gallery, Chicago. Alexander Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1966.
Solo Exhibition CatalogueMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. La Grande voile. 7 May 1966.
Solo Exhibition CatalogueDriscoll, Edgar J. “Calder Lifts Sail.” Boston Sunday Globe, 8 May 1966.
NewspaperHaydon, Harold. “Gallery Swings With Calder.” Chicago Sun-Times, 8 May 1966.
Newspaper“Three Generations of Sculptors: Calders’ Mark on Our City.” The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine (8 May 1966).
MagazineBibb, June. “Soaring Surfaces.” Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 1966.
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