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Brasilia, 1965

Work

Brasilia

Date 1965
Media
Sheet metal, rod, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
16'5" × 18' 1/2"
Collection
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
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Related exhibitions  2
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

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

Solo Exhibition
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2014)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Alexander Calder at the Rijksmuseum. 21 June–5 October 2014.

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Brasilia (maquette) (c. 1959)
Brasilia (maquette), c. 1959
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 218
3 flèches blanches (1965)
3 flèches blanches, 1965
Triangle with Ears (1966)
Triangle with Ears, 1966
Hard to Swallow (1966)
Hard to Swallow, 1966
Large Spiny (1966)
Large Spiny, 1966
Works / Standing Mobile 270
The Tree (1966)
The Tree, 1966
The Spinner (1966)
The Spinner, 1966
Red, Yellow, White (maquette for Work in Progress) (1967)
Red, Yellow, White (maquette for Work in Progress), 1967
Mont Saint-Michel (1967)
Mont Saint-Michel, 1967
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.