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New Blériot, c. 1950

Work

New Blériot

Date c. 1950
Media
Sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint
Dimensions
45 1⁄2" × 45" × 32"
Collection
Private Collection, New York, 2023
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  3
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
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
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  3
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
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1952)

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

Solo Exhibition
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel (2016)

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel. Alexander Calder & Fischli/Weiss. 29 May–4 September 2016.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Le 31 Janvier (1950)
Le 31 Janvier, 1950
Blizzard (1950)
Blizzard, 1950
Snow Flurry (1950)
Snow Flurry, 1950
Gypsophila II (1950)
Gypsophila II, 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.