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Sumac with Gong, 1951

Work

Sumac with Gong

Date 1951
Media
Sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint
Dimensions
50 1⁄2" × 63"
Collection
Private Collection
Hanging Mobile, Sound-making Work
Historical Photos  1
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  1
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1952)

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

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Triple Gong (1951)
Triple Gong, 1951
Streetcar (1951)
Streetcar, 1951
Demi Gondola (1951)
Demi Gondola, 1951
Untitled (c. 1952)
Untitled, c. 1952
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Untitled (1952)
Untitled, 1952
Ahab (1953)
Ahab, 1953
Double Gong (1953)
Double Gong, 1953
Water Ballet (1956)
Water Ballet, 1956
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.