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Le Faucon, 1963

Work

Le Faucon

Date 1963
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
10'5" × 10' × 20'
Collection
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  3
Calder outside the Le Carroi studio, Saché (1967)

Calder with Le Faucon (1963), Les Trois ailes (1963), and Triangles and Arches (1965) outside the Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1967

Photograph by Tony Vaccaro / Tony Vaccaro Archives

Calder with Le Faucon (1963), Les Trois ailes (1963), and Triangles and Arches (1965) outside the Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1967

Photograph by Tony Vaccaro
Le Faucon (1968)
Le Faucon (1963) and Cactus provisoire (1967), Saché, 1968Photograph by Clovis Prevost © Clovis Prevost
Le Faucon (1963) and Cactus provisoire (1967), Saché, 1968
Photograph by Clovis Prevost
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi Saché (1976)
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi, Saché, c. 1976
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi, Saché, c. 1976
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Sabot (1963)
Sabot, 1963
Le Guichet (1963)
Le Guichet, 1963
Bucéphale (1963)
Bucéphale, 1963
Les Trois ailes (1963)
Les Trois ailes, 1963
Works / Stabile 251
Nervures Minces (1963)
Nervures Minces, 1963
Les Triangles (1963)
Les Triangles, 1963
Untitled (1963)
Untitled, 1963
Guillotine pour huit (1963)
Guillotine pour huit, 1963
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.