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Black Flag, 1974

Work

Black Flag

Date 1974
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
281" × 237" × 206"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  3
Calder in front of his BMW Art Car (1975)
Calder in front of his BMW Art Car with Hervé Poulain, Jean Marie Curien, Jean Louis Maesen, and Jochen Neerpasch, Saché, 1975Photograph by Jean-Marie Bottequin
Calder in front of his BMW Art Car with Hervé Poulain, Jean Marie Curien, Jean Louis Maesen, and Jochen Neerpasch, Saché, 1975Photograph by Jean-Marie Bottequin
Calder BMW Art Car (1:5 intermediate maquette) in front of Calder BMW Art Car, Saché (1975)
Calder BMW Art Car (1:5 intermediate maquette) in front of Calder BMW Art Car, Saché, 1975
Calder BMW Art Car (1:5 intermediate maquette) in front of Calder BMW Art Car, Saché, 1975
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi Saché (1976)
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi, Saché, c. 1976
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi, Saché, c. 1976
Related exhibitions  2
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

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

Solo Exhibition
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville (2001)

Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York. Grand Intuitions: Calder’s Monumental Sculpture. 21 May 2001–15 November 2003.

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Black Flag (maquette) (c. 1973)
Black Flag (maquette), c. 1973
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Cheval rouge (1974)
Cheval rouge, 1974
Tom’s (1974)
Tom's, 1974
The Arch (intermediate maquette) (1974)
The Arch (intermediate maquette), 1974
Tripes (1974)
Tripes, 1974
Works / Stabile 251
Rouge (1974)
Rouge, 1974
La Cornue (1974)
La Cornue, 1974
Critter Without Arms (1974)
Critter Without Arms, 1974
Critter innommable (1974)
Critter innommable, 1974
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.