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L’Araignée rouge, 1976

Work

L'Araignée rouge

Date 1976
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
approx. 50' × 82' × 50'
Collection
Etablissement Public d'Aménagement de la Défense
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Almost Snow Plow (1976)
Almost Snow Plow, 1976
Untitled (1976)
Untitled, 1976
Small Crinkly (1976)
Small Crinkly, 1976
Mountains and Clouds (1976/1986)
Mountains and Clouds, 1976 / 1986
Works / Stabile 251
Féminité (c. 1930)
Féminité, c. 1930
Sphérique I (1930)
Sphérique I, 1930
Croisière (1931)
Croisière, 1931
Untitled (1933)
Untitled, 1933
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.