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The S-Shaped Vine, 1946

Work

The S-Shaped Vine

Date 1946
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
98 1⁄2" × 69"
Collection
The Broad, Los Angeles
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations (1946)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946
Related exhibitions  4
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (1946)

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations. 25 October–16 November 1946.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

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
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel (2016)

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel. Alexander Calder & Fischli/Weiss. 29 May–4 September 2016.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Bosquet is the Best Best (1946)
Bosquet is the Best Best, 1946
Four Red Spots (1946)
Four Red Spots , 1946
Ogunquit (1946)
Ogunquit, 1946
Five Branches with 1000 Leaves (c. 1946)
Five Branches with 1000 Leaves, c. 1946
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.