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Jacaranda, 1949

Work

Jacaranda

Date 1949
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
131 7⁄8" × 175 3⁄16"
Collection
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1977 (no. 26.4.77)
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  2
Illustration of Jacaranda (1950)
Illustration of Jacaranda (1949), Alexander Calder, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951Private Collection
Illustration of Jacaranda (1949), Alexander Calder, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951Private Collection
Calder at MIT(1950)
Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950Photograph by Ezra Stoller © Esto
Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950
Photograph by Ezra Stoller
Related exhibitions  4
New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1950)

New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Calder. 5 December 1950–14 January 1951.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (2003)

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia. 18 March–12 October 2003.

Solo Exhibition
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
International Mobile (1949)
International Mobile, 1949
The Blériot (1949)
The Blériot, 1949
New Blériot (c. 1950)
New Blériot, c. 1950
Le 31 Janvier (1950)
Le 31 Janvier, 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.