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The New Ritou, c. 1948

Work

The New Ritou

Date c. 1948
Media
Sheet metal, wood, rod, string, and paint
Dimensions
55 1⁄4" × 50" × 14 1⁄2"
Collection
Private Collection
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Calder at MIT(1950)
Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950Photograph by Ezra Stoller © Esto
Installation photograph, Calder, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950
Photograph by Ezra Stoller
Related exhibitions  2
New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1950)

New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Calder. 5 December 1950–14 January 1951.

Solo Exhibition
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Black Widow (1948)
Black Widow, 1948
Vertical out of Horizontal (c. 1948)
Vertical out of Horizontal, 1948
Untitled (1948)
Untitled, 1948
Snow Flurry (1948)
Snow Flurry, 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.