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Demi Gondola, 1951

Work

Demi Gondola

Date 1951
Media
Sheet metal, wood, wire, and paint
Dimensions
30" × 65" × 24"
Collection
Private Collection
Hanging Mobile, Tower
Historical Photos  1
Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers (1952)
Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison; The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection, 2010
Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Related exhibitions  1
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1952)

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers. 15 January–10 February 1952.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Untitled (c. 1952)
Untitled, c. 1952
Untitled (1952)
Untitled, 1952
Untitled (1952)
Untitled, 1952
Sumac VI (1952)
Sumac VI, 1952
Works / Tower 5
Bifurcated Tower (1951)
Bifurcated Tower, 1951
Tower with Orange Band (1951)
Tower with Orange Band, 1951
Tower with Painting (1951)
Tower with Painting, 1951
Tower with Pinwheel (1951)
Tower with Pinwheel, 1951
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.