Splotchy
Date 1949
Media
Silkscreen on paper
Dimensions
372" × 55 3⁄4"
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.
Solo ExhibitionCalder 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.
