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Triple Gong, c. 1948

Work
Triple Gong (c. 1948)
Triple Gong (c. 1948)

Triple Gong

Date c. 1948
Media
Brass, sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
39" × 75" × 2 3⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Hanging Mobile, Sound-making Work
Historical Photos  1
Triple Gong (1950)
Triple Gong (c. 1948) and Alexander Stirling Calder's bust of Louisa Calder, Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Triple Gong (c. 1948) and Alexander Stirling Calder’s bust of Louisa Calder, Roxbury house “big room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  6
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (2003)

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia. 18 March–12 October 2003.

Solo Exhibition
Pace, London (2013)

Pace, London. Calder After the War. 19 April–7 June 2013.

Solo Exhibition
Tate Modern, London (2015)

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

Solo Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder: Hypermobility. 9 June–23 October 2017.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires (2018)

Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. Alexander Calder: Theater of Encounters. 8 September 2018–15 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Musée Picasso, Paris (2019)

Musée Picasso, Paris. Calder-Picasso. 19 February–25 August 2019.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong (1948)
Dispersed Objects with Brass Gong, 1948
Jacaranda (1949)
Jacaranda, 1949
International Mobile (1949)
International Mobile, 1949
The Blériot (1949)
The Blériot, 1949
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Noisemaker (c. 1948)
Noisemaker, c. 1948
Samba rattle (c. 1948)
Samba rattle, c. 1948
Bracelet (c. 1948)
Bracelet, c. 1948
Red Gongs (1951)
Red Gongs, 1951
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.