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Calder at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951

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5 December 1950–14 January 1951New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Related documents  8
Calder at MIT(1950)
Calder assembling Jacaranda (1949) at the exhibition Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950
Calder assembling Jacaranda (1949) at the exhibition Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950
Calder at MIT(1950)
Calder assembling Big Bird (1937) 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
Calder at MIT(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
Calder at MIT(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
Calder at MIT(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, 1950
Calder at MIT (1950)
International Mobile (1949) at the exhibition 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
MIT (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, 1950
MIT (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, 1950
Selected works  49
Calvin Coolidge (1927)
Calvin Coolidge, 1927
Hercules and Lion (1928)
Hercules and Lion, 1928
Marion Greenwood (1928)
Marion Greenwood, 1928
Two Acrobats (1929)
Two Acrobats, 1929
Double Cat (1930)
Double Cat, 1930
Shark Sucker (1930)
Shark Sucker, 1930
Croisière (1931)
Croisière, 1931
Object with Red Discs (1931)
Object with Red Discs, 1931
Double Arc and Sphere (1932)
Double Arc and Sphere, 1932
Gibraltar (1936)
Gibraltar, 1936
Tightrope (1936)
Tightrope, 1936
Devil Fish (1937)
Devil Fish, 1937
Big Bird (1937)
Big Bird, 1937
Spherical Triangle (1938)
Spherical Triangle, 1938
Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) (1938)
Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), 1938
Apple Monster (1938)
Apple Monster, 1938
Black Beast (maquette) (1939)
Black Beast (maquette), 1939
Cage within a Cage (c. 1939)
Cage within a Cage, c. 1939
Black Petals (1939)
Black Petals, 1939
Red Disc and Gong II (1940)
Red Disc and Gong II, 1940
Black Beast (1940)
Black Beast, 1940
Black Thing (1941)
Black Thing, 1941
Hourglass (1941)
Hourglass, 1941
Tree (1941)
Tree, 1941
Horizontal Spines (1942)
Horizontal Spines, 1942
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
The Big Ear (1943)
The Big Ear, 1943
Morning Star (1943)
Morning Star, 1943
On One Knee (1944)
On One Knee, 1944
Three Fingers (1944)
Three Fingers, 1944
The Flower (1944)
The Flower, 1944
The Vine (1944)
The Vine, 1944
Fake Snake (1944)
Fake Snake, 1944
The General Sherman (c. 1945)
The General Sherman, c. 1945
Ogunquit (1946)
Ogunquit, 1946
1 Red, 4 Black plus X White (1947)
1 Red, 4 Black plus X White, 1947
Laocoön (1947)
Laocoön, 1947
Little Blue Under Red (1947)
Little Blue Under Red, 1947
Red is Dominant (1947)
Red is Dominant, 1947
The New Ritou (c. 1948)
The New Ritou, c. 1948
Vertical out of Horizontal (c. 1948)
Vertical out of Horizontal, 1948
Aspen (1948)
Aspen, 1948
International Mobile (1949)
International Mobile, 1949
Jacaranda (1949)
Jacaranda, 1949
More Extreme Cantilever (1949)
More Extreme Cantilever, 1949
Blizzard (1950)
Blizzard, 1950
New Blériot (c. 1950)
New Blériot, c. 1950
The Watusi (1950)
The Watusi, 1950
Selected publications  4

Dame, Lawrence. “Regarding Art.” Sunday Herald, 17 December 1950.

Newspaper

Adlow, Dorothy. “Calder Mobiles Shown in Cambridge.” Christian Science Monitor, 27 December 1950.

Newspaper

Driscoll, Edgar J. “Calder’s Show of Mobiles Has Animated Sculpture.” Sunday Globe, January 1951.

Newspaper

“Connecticut Yankee.” Time, vol. 57, no. 2 (8 January 1951).

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Chronology  1
5 December 1950–14 January 1951

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, exhibits “Calder,” a retrospective. Sweeney installs the exhibition while Calder recovers from an automobile accident.

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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
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.