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Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong, 1948

Work

Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong

Date 1948
Media
Brass, sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
19" × 66"
Collection
Seattle Art Museum; Promised Gift of Jon & Mary Shirley (no. T2009.56.18)
Hanging Mobile, Sound-making Work
Selected films  1
Works of Calder
Works of Calder 1950Directed and cinematography by Herbert Matter
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Triple Gong (c. 1948)
Triple Gong, c. 1948
Jacaranda (1949)
Jacaranda, 1949
International Mobile (1949)
International Mobile, 1949
The Blériot (1949)
The Blériot, 1949
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Noisemaker (c. 1948)
Noisemaker, c. 1948
Samba rattle (c. 1948)
Samba rattle, c. 1948
Bracelet (c. 1948)
Bracelet, c. 1948
Red Gongs (1951)
Red Gongs, 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.