Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (1946)

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Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations

25 October–16 November 1946Galerie Louis Carré, Paris

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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

Inventory drawing for Galerie Louis Carré exhibition (1946)

Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011

Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

Calder Foundation, New York

Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011

Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

Calder Foundation, New York

Selected works 15

13 Spines, 1940

Constellation with Sundial, 1943

Wall Constellation with Row of Objects, 1943

Black Constellation, 1943

Constellation with Bottles, 1943

A Detached Person, 1944

4 + 3, 1944

Lily of Force, 1945

The S-Shaped Vine, 1946

Five Branches with 1000 Leaves, c. 1946

Untitled, c. 1946

Crayfish, c. 1946

Red T with Black Flags, 1946

Baby Flat Top, 1946

Grand Piano, Red, 1946

Selected publications 9

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations. Exhibition catalogue. 1946.

Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Mobiles de Calder

Solo Exhibition Catalogue

Einstein, William. “Art News in Paris.” New York Herald Tribune, 18 November 1946.

Newspaper

Chevalier, Denys. (Publication unknown), 1 November 1946.

Newspaper

Duche, Jean. “Jean-Paul Sartre: Patron des ‘Mobiles’ d’Alexandre Calder.” Cavalcade (c. November 1946).

Magazine

Estienne, Charles. “Un fabricant d’espace: Alexandre Calder.” Combat, 30 October 1946.

Newspaper

Barotte, René. “Les sculptures de l’apprenti-sorcier Calder palpitent au souffle d’un wentilateur: ce sont des ‘mobiles’ explique Jean-Paul Sartre.” Quatre et Trois, 14 November 1946.

Newspaper

Guichard, Jean. “La sculpture remue.” Temps Présent, no. 114, 1 November 1946.

Newspaper

Diehl, Gaston. “Les plaisirs de la matière.” Libératon-Soir, 8 November 1946.

Newspaper

Limbour, Georges. “Les Mobiles d’Alexandre Calder.” (Publication unknown), c. November 1946.

Newspaper

Chronology 5

Before 3 July 1945

Calder produces a series of small-scale works, many from scraps trimmed during the making of other objects. Let’s mail these little objects to [Louis] Carré, in Paris, and have a show, Duchamp suggests when he sees them; by taking advantage of the newly available international

airmail system, Duchamp’s action predates “mail art” by nearly two decades. Carré responds to Duchamp’s proposal. Interested show Calder miniatures would also gladly exhibit mobile sculptures available all sizes and colours.

After 14 August 1945

Intrigued by the limitations on parcel size imposed by the U.S. Postal Service, Calder begins creating larger works for his show at Galerie Louis Carré that are collapsible and intended to be reassembled upon arrival in Paris.

5–6 June 1946

Calder takes his first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris to prepare for the exhibition at Galerie Louis Carré, Paris.

23 July 1946

The exhibition at Galerie Louis Carré is delayed and Calder returns to New York.

25 October–16 November 1946

“Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations” is on view at Galerie Louis Carré, Paris. Henri Matisse attends the exhibition. Along with photographs by Matter, the catalogue includes two essays—Sartre’s “Les Mobiles de Calder” and Sweeney’s “Alexander

Calder.”

Exhibitions / 1946–1952: International Distinction 6

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations. 25 October–16 November 1946.

Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York. Alexander Calder. 9–27 December 1947.

Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Calder. September 1948.

New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Calder. 5 December 1950–14 January 1951.

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1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.

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