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Polygones noirs, 1947

Work

Polygones noirs

Date 1947
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
23 5⁄8" × 126" × 47 1⁄4"
Collection
Private Collection
Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  2
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Calder. 2 April–31 May 1969.

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
Chronology  1
After 5 May 1947

Calder trades the mobile Polygones noirs for Miró’s Femmes et oiseaux dans la nuit, a painting related to Miró’s mural for the Terrace Plaza Hotel.

Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
The Lace on the Edge of Your Panties (1947)
The Lace on the Edge of Your Panties, 1947
Black Lace (c. 1947)
Black Lace, c. 1947
Untitled (1947)
Untitled, 1947
1 Red, 4 Black plus X White (1947)
1 Red, 4 Black plus X White, 1947
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.