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Gwenfritz (1:5 intermediate maquette), 1968

Work

Gwenfritz (1:5 intermediate maquette)

Date 1968
Media
Sheet metal, rivets, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
93" × 95 1⁄2" × 79 1⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
Related exhibitions  2
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles (2018)

Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles. Calder: Nonspace. 27 October 2018–6 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Gwenfritz (1968)
Gwenfritz, 1968
Archive
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Three Discs, One Missing, 1968
Three Discs, One Lacking (1968)
Three Discs, One Lacking, 1968
Spinal Column (1968)
Spinal Column, 1968
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Nénuphar (1968)
Nénuphar, 1968
The Hawk for Peace (1968)
The Hawk for Peace, 1968
Untitled (1968)
Untitled, 1968
Lund (1968)
Lund, 1968
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.