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Bucéphale, 1963

Work

Bucéphale

Date 1963
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
10'6" wide
Collection
City of Fresno
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  1
Bucéphale and Tamanoir, Saché (1963)
Bucéphale and Tamanoir, Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Bucéphale and Tamanoir, Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Related exhibitions  2
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Solo Exhibition
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1965)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Sabot (1963)
Sabot, 1963
Le Guichet (1963)
Le Guichet, 1963
Les Trois ailes (1963)
Les Trois ailes, 1963
Nervures Minces (1963)
Nervures Minces, 1963
Works / Stabile 251
Les Triangles (1963)
Les Triangles, 1963
Untitled (1963)
Untitled, 1963
Le Faucon (1963)
Le Faucon, 1963
Guillotine pour huit (1963)
Guillotine pour huit, 1963
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.