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The Ghost, 1964

Work

The Ghost

Date 1964
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
24' × 34'6"
Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art; Purchased with the New Members Fund, 1965
Hanging Mobile, Monumental Sculpture
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Historical Photos  4
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Calder at the opening preview for Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder at the opening preview for Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Robert Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Robert Mates
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Robert Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Robert Mates
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Rufus Stillman
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Rufus Stillman
Related exhibitions  1
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Le Poisson de huit heures (1965)
Le Poisson de huit heures, 1965
Toile d’araignée (1965)
Toile d'araignée, 1965
Stainless Stealer (maquette, 1966)
Stainless Stealer (maquette), 1966
Black Gamma (1966)
Black Gamma, 1966
Works / Monumental Sculpture 216
Nageoire (1964)
Nageoire, 1964
Caliban (1964)
Caliban, 1964
Contreforts (1964)
Contreforts, 1964
Octopus (1964)
Octopus, 1964
Related Timeline
1963–1976
1963–1976 Monumental Works

In 1963, Calder completed construction of a large studio overlooking the Indre Valley. With the assistance of a full-scale, industrial ironworks, he began to fabricate his monumental works in France and devoted much of his later working years to public commissions. Calder died in New York in 1976 at the age of seventy-eight.