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Constellation for Mantel, 1949

Work

Constellation for Mantel

Date 1949
Media
Wood, wire, and paint
Dimensions
48" × 28" × 17"
Collection
Private Collection
Constellation, Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
Pace Gallery, New York (2017)

Pace Gallery, New York. Calder: Constellations. 20 April–30 June 2017.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Constellation 41
Constellation Mobile (1943)
Constellation Mobile, 1943
Plain Wood (c. 1943)
Plain Wood, c. 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Performing Seal (1950)
Performing Seal, 1950
The Watusi (1950)
The Watusi, 1950
Eight Black Dots (1950)
Eight Black Dots, 1950
Untitled (c. 1950)
Untitled, c. 1950
Related Timeline
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.