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Jerusalem Stabile III, 1976

Work

Jerusalem Stabile III

Date 1976
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
7'6" × 12' × 14'6"
Collection
University of Pennsylvania Art Collection, Philadelphia
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Related works  3
Jerusalem Stabile (maquette) (c. 1975)
Jerusalem Stabile (maquette), c. 1975
Jerusalem Stabile II (1976)
Jerusalem Stabile II, 1976
Jerusalem Stabile I (1976)
Jerusalem Stabile I, 1976
Chronology  1
11–18 April 1975

The Calders visit Israel to discuss a monumental sculpture project with the Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek. Jerusalem Stabile I is completed in 1976 and Louisa attends the dedication ceremony in 1977.

Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Jerusalem Stabile II (1976)
Jerusalem Stabile II, 1976
Jerusalem Stabile I (1976)
Jerusalem Stabile I, 1976
Five Swords (1976)
Five Swords, 1976
Mountains (1:5 intermediate maquette) (1976)
Mountains (1:5 intermediate maquette), 1976
Works / Stabile 251
Five Swords (maquette) (1976)
Five Swords (maquette), 1976
Gui (1976)
Gui, 1976
Knobs (1976)
Knobs, 1976
L’Araignée rouge (1976)
L'Araignée rouge, 1976
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.