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La Vache, 1971

Work

La Vache

Date 1971
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
10' × 11'10" × 8'2"
Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 (no. 2012.31)
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Obus, 1972
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.