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Black: 17 Dots, 1959

Work

Black: 17 Dots

Date 1959
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
38" × 48"
Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan (no. EL1995.9)
Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2019)

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor. 5 April–4 August 2019. Originated from Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
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Untitled (1959)
Untitled, 1959
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For the Staircase, 1959
Related Timeline
1953–1962
1953–1962 Large-scale Developments and Intercontinental Projects

During a yearlong stay in Aix-en-Provence, Calder executed the first group of large-scale outdoor works and concurrently concentrated on painting gouaches. In 1954–55, he visited the Middle East, India, and South America, with trips to Paris in between, resulting in an astonishing output and range of work. Toward the late 1950s, Calder turned his attention to commissions both at home and abroad.