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
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.
