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Snow Flurry I, 1948

Work

Snow Flurry I

Date 1948
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
94” × 82 1⁄4”
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Gift of the Artist
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Snow Flurry I (1952)
Calder with Snow Flurry I (1948), Roxbury, 1952Photograph by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville
Calder with Snow Flurry I (1948), Roxbury, 1952
Photograph by Gordon Parks
Related exhibitions  2
Tate Modern, London (2015)

Tate Modern, London. Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture. 11 November 2015–3 April 2016.

Solo Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2021)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start. 14 March 2021–15 January 2022.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Snow Flurry (1948)
Snow Flurry, 1948
Fourth Flurry (1948)
Fourth Flurry, 1948
Finny Fish (1948)
Finny Fish, 1948
Roxbury Fish (c. 1948)
Roxbury Fish, 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.