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White Cascade, 1975

Work

White Cascade

Date 1975
Media
Sheet metal, rod, and paint
Dimensions
110' high
Collection
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Hanging Mobile, Monumental Sculpture
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Related works  1
White Cascade (maquette) (1973)
White Cascade (maquette), 1973
Chronology  1
1–10 October 1976

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance organizes the “Alexander Calder Festival.” The event includes the dedication of White Cascade on 7 October at the Federal Reserve Bank, and the premiere of Under the Sun, a dance tribute to Calder performed by the Pennsylvania

Ballet. During the weeklong celebration, Calder receives an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Eléments démontables (1975)
Eléments démontables, 1975
White Ordinary (1976)
White Ordinary, 1976
Untitled (1976)
Untitled, 1976
Untitled (1976)
Untitled, 1976
Works / Monumental Sculpture 216
Saurien (1975)
Saurien, 1975
Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette) (1975)
Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette), 1975
The Arch (1975)
The Arch, 1975
Flying Dragon (1975)
Flying Dragon, 1975
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.