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Paulette, 1948

Work

Paulette

Date 1948
Media
Sheet metal, wire, string, and paint
Dimensions
46 ¾” × 56 ¼” × 20”
Collection
Private Collection
Hanging Mobile
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 170
Finny Fish (1948)
Finny Fish, 1948
Roxbury Fish (c. 1948)
Roxbury Fish, c. 1948
Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong (1948)
Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong, 1948
Triple Gong (c. 1948)
Triple Gong, c. 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.