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La Grande voile, 1965

Work

La Grande voile

Date 1965
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
480" high
Collection
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  1
La Grande voile (1966)
Calder and La Grande voile (1965) from above, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
Calder and La Grande voile (1965) from above, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
Featured Text  1
Calder’s International Monuments by Robert Osborn

Osborn, Robert. “Calder’s International Monuments.” Art in America, vol. 57, no. 2 (March–April 1969).

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Related works  1
La Grande voile (intermediate maquette) (1965)
La Grande voile (intermediate maquette), 1965
Chronology  2
January 1965

Before leaving for France, Calder meets with I. M. Pei to discuss a large stabile for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

7 May 1966

Calder attends the dedication of the monumental stabile La Grande voile in McDermott Court at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
The Onion (1965)
The Onion, 1965
Shiva (1965)
Shiva, 1965
Le Baron (1965)
Le Baron, 1965
Triangles and Arches (1965)
Triangles and Arches, 1965
Works / Stabile 251
Object in Five Planes (1965)
Object in Five Planes, 1965
Têtes et queue (1965)
Têtes et queue, 1965
Trois disques (maquette) (1966)
Trois disques (maquette), 1966
Tom’s (maquette) (c. 1966)
Tom's (maquette), c. 1966
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.