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Black Widow, 1948

Work

Black Widow

Date 1948
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
128" × 99"
Collection
Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil–Departamento de São Paulo; On deposit from the Artist, 1948
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Ministério da Educação e Saúde (1948)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, 1948
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, 1948
Related exhibitions  3
Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro (1948)

Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Calder. September 1948.

Solo Exhibition
Tate Modern, London (2015)

Tate Modern, London. Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture. 11 November 2015–3 April 2016.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires (2018)

Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. Alexander Calder: Theater of Encounters. 8 September 2018–15 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Vertical out of Horizontal (c. 1948)
Vertical out of Horizontal, 1948
The New Ritou (c. 1948)
The New Ritou, c. 1948
Untitled (1948)
Untitled, 1948
Snow Flurry (1948)
Snow Flurry, 1948
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.