Calder Foundation
Calder
8 July–15 October 1965Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Related documents  3
Selected works  101
Related exhibitions  5
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Solo Exhibition

Washington University Art Gallery, St. Louis. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 21 February–26 March 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition

Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 25 February–28 March 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition

Des Moines Art Center, Iowa. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 28 April–30 May 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition

Art Gallery of Toronto. Mobiles and Stabiles by Calder, the Man Who Made Sculpture Move. 1–30 May 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Selected publications  10

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1965. Preface by Jean Cassou.

Solo Exhibition Catalogue

Barotte, René. “Une immense forêt qui frémit au moindre souffle.” Paris-Presse, 3 July 1965.

Newspaper

Luz, Celina. “Movimento em Tôrno de Calder.” Jornal do Brasil, Sexta-Fiera, 6 July 1965.

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Chastel, André. “Le naturalisme de Calder.” Le Monde, 9 July 1965.

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Ashbery, John. “Calder Retrospective Is Climax of Paris Shows.” New York Herald Tribune (Paris edition), 13 July 1965.

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Schwartz, Paul Waldo. “Paris Greets Comprehensive Calder Show.” New York Times (International Edition), 13 July 1965.

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Roger-Marx, Claude. “Calder, Ingenieur, Ingenieux.” Le Figaro Litteraire, 15 July 1965.

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Ragon, Michel. “L’exposition du Musée d’Art Moderne: de l’humeur à la féerie.” Arts, Numero spécial (August 1965).

Magazine

Metken, Günter. “Mobiler Zauber.” Die Weltwoche, 27 August 1965.

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Russell, John. “Russia to the Louvre.” Sunday Times, 29 September 1965.

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Chronology  1
8 July–15 October 1965

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, exhibits “Calder,” a retrospective. Jean Cassou writes the catalogue preface.

Exhibitions / 1963–1976: Monumental Works 4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Calder. 2 April–31 May 1969.

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.

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1963–1976 Monumental Works

In 1963, Calder completed construction of a large studio overlooking the Indre Valley. With the assistance of a full-scale, industrial ironworks, he began to fabricate his monumental works in France and devoted much of his later working years to public commissions. Calder died in New York in 1976 at the age of seventy-eight.