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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 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," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Ferns in the Roxbury house “big room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (c. 1947), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Grills (c. 1935–40), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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

Photograph by Herbert Matter

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

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

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Grill (c. 1935), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Plants in the Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Roxbury house “front room,” 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Light fixture (c. 1935), Roxbury house "front room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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

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

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

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Light fixture (c. 1945), Roxbury house upstairs hallway, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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

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

Photograph by Herbert Matter

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

Birds (c. 1950), Roxbury, 1950

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sign (c. 1944), Roxbury, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

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

Calder assembling Jacaranda (1949) at the exhibition Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950

Calder assembling Big Bird (1937) at the exhibition Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950

Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950Photograph by Ezra Stoller © Esto

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

International Mobile (1949) at the exhibition Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950

Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950

Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950Photograph by Ezra Stoller © Esto

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

Calder, Roxbury, January 1952Photograph by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville

Calder, Roxbury, January 1952

Photograph by Gordon Parks

Calder with Snow Flurry I (1948), Roxbury, 1952Photograph by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville

Calder with Snow Flurry I (1948), Roxbury, 1952

Photograph by Gordon Parks

Crown of leaves (c. 1940), Roxbury studio, 1952Photograph by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville

Crown of leaves (c. 1940), Roxbury studio, 1952

Photograph by Gordon Parks

Calder and Louisa Calder with daughter Mary in the Roxbury house kitchen (1952)

Calder and Louisa Calder with daughter Mary, Roxbury house kitchen, 1952Photograph by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville

Calder and Louisa Calder with daughter Mary, Roxbury house kitchen, 1952

Photograph by Gordon Parks

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1952Photograph by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1952

Photograph by Gordon Parks

Peggy Guggenheim with her Silver Bed Head (1943) (1952)

Peggy Guggenheim with her Silver Bed Head (1943), c. 1952Photograph © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Photo Archivio Cameraphotoepoche.

Peggy Guggenheim with her Silver Bed Head (1943), c. 1952

Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers (1952)

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952Photograph by Adolph Studly © Adolph Studly

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952

Photograph by Adolph Studly

Set for Nucléa, 1952Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda

Set for Nucléa, 1952

Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder and Jeanne Moreau during Nucléa (1952)

Calder placing a necklace on Jeanne Moreau during the production of Nucléa, Théâtre National Populaire, Paris, 1952Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda Archive

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 Nucléa (1952)

Gérard Philipe, Calder, and Jean Vilar during the production of Nucléa, Théâtre National Populaire, Paris, 1952Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda Archive

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, 1952Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda

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 in Agnès Varda’s courtyard (1952)

Calder in Agnès Varda's courtyard, Paris, 1952Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda

Calder in Agnès Varda’s courtyard, Paris, 1952

Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with the Masson family, Aix-en-Provence, 1952

The Big Ear (1943) outside the American Pavilion at the Twenty-sixth Venice Biennale, 1952

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

II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (1953)

Installation photograph, II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil, 1953

Museum visitors viewing Laocoön (1947), II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil, 1953

Installation photograph, II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil, 1953

The Calders and friends with L'empennage and Myxomatose, Les Granettes, Christmas 1953

The Calders and friends with L’empennage and Myxomatose, Les Granettes, Christmas 1953

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

The Calder family, Paris, 1954

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

Acoustic Ceiling, Aula Magna, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, 1954

Calder with Yellow Disc (1953), Paris, 1954

Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with 21 feuilles blanches (1953), Paris, 1954

Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with 21 feuilles blanches (1953), Paris, 1954

Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder with L’empennage (1953), Paris, 1954

Photograph by Agnès Varda

Calder working on Escutcheon, Beirut, Lebanon (1954)

Calder working on Escutcheon, Beirut, Lebanon, January 1954

Calder with Untitled in Beirut, Lebanon, for Middle East Airlines (1954)

Calder with Untitled in Beirut, Lebanon, for Middle East Airlines, January 1954

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

Calder working on Escutcheon, Beirut, Lebanon, January 1954

Aix, Saché, Roxbury at Galerie Maeght (1954)

Calder preparing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Paris, 1954

Photograph by Agnès Varda

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

Hextopus installed at U.S. Consulate, Frankfurt, 1955

Guava (1955), Gira Sarabhai's home, Ahmedabad, India, c. 1955

Guava (1955), Gira Sarabhai’s home, Ahmedabad, India, c. 1955

Calder at the door of his Roxbury studio, c. 1955

Calder with Gira Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, India, 1955

Calder and Louisa Calder, India, 1955

Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra Calder Davidson and Jean Davidson on their wedding day (1955)

Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra Calder Davidson and Jean Davidson on their wedding day, Saché, 1955

Water Ballet, General Motors Complex, Michigan, 1956

Louisa Calder and Calder reviewing the installation of .125 (1957)

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, Roxbury studio, 1957. The Cock’s Comb hangs overhead.

Photograph by Arnold Newman

Le Palud, Calder's house and studio in Brittany, 1957

Le Palud, Calder’s house and studio in Brittany, 1957

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1957

Photograph by Arnold Newman

Calder reviewing the installation of .125 (1957)

Calder reviewing the installation of .125, Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York, 1957

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, New York (1957)

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 polishing jewelry in the Roxbury kitchen, c. 1958

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

Delphine Seyrig, Calder, Frederick Kiesler, Ellsworth Kelly, and Jack and Duncan Youngerman, Roxbury, 1958

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, 1958

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