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Triple Gong (c. 1948) and Alexander Stirling Calder’s bust of Louisa Calder, Roxbury house “big room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
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
Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Hand of Fatima (c. 1948) and Bird ornament (c. 1945), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Lamp (c. 1934) and Alexander Stirling Calder’s bronze sculpture, Roxbury house “front room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Chairs (c. 1935) and Untitled (c. 1945), Roxbury house “front room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Untitled (c. 1945) and a standing mobile (c. 1940), Roxbury house “front room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Forks, spoons, baby food pusher, milk skimmer, roasting pan and lid, and colander (c. 1935–48), Roxbury house kitchen, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950
Photograph by Ezra Stoller
Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950
Photograph by Ezra Stoller
Vertical White Frame (1936), Kenyon College Library, Gambier, Ohio, 1951Photograph by Sam Chambliss
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952
Photograph by Adolph Studly
Calder placing a necklace on Jeanne Moreau during the production of Nucléa, Théâtre National Populaire, Paris, 1952
Photograph by Agnès Varda
Gérard Philipe, Calder, and Jean Vilar during the production of Nucléa, Théâtre National Populaire, Paris, 1952
Photograph by Agnès Varda
Calder on set of Nucléa, Théâtre National Populaire, Paris, 1952Photograph by Walter Curtin
Calder, Andrée Vilar, Gérard Philipe, Léon Gischia, Henri Pichette, and Jean Vilar, among others, at an event surrounding the production of Nucléa, Paris, 1952
Photograph by 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, 1953
Photograph by 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, 1953
Photograph by Agnès Varda
Calder working on Escutcheon, Beirut, Lebanon, January 1954Photograph by Hal Winslow
Calder installing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda
Calder and Carlos Raúl Villanueva with Asiento del diablo, Caracas, 1955Photograph by Paolo Gasparini
Louisa Calder and Calder reviewing the installation of .125, Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York, 1957
Photograph by Walter Sanders
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, 1957
Photograph by Walter Sanders
Calder with Spirale (maquette, 1956), Palais de l’UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Lore Hammerschmid
Spirale, Palais de l’UNESCO, Paris, 1958Photograph by Budd
The Whirling Ear, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958Photograph by Robert Kayaert