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Five Discs, One Empty, 1970

Work

Five Discs, One Empty

Date 1970
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
26'3" high
Collection
The Art Museum Princeton University; The John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, 1970
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Works / Monumental Sculpture 218
Trois bollards (1970)
Trois bollards, 1970
Brontosaurus (1970)
Brontosaurus, 1970
Bollard (1970)
Bollard, 1970
Jeune fille et sa suite (1970)
Jeune fille et sa suite, 1970
Works / Stabile 251
Peau Rouge (1970)
Peau Rouge, 1970
Bobine (1970)
Bobine, 1970
Le Hallebardier (1971)
Le Hallebardier, 1971
La Vache (1971)
La Vache, 1971
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.