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Les Granettes, 1953

Work

Les Granettes

Date 1953
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
10'9" × 16'6" × 4'7"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  2
Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54 (1954)
Calder installing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1954Photograph by Agnès Varda © Agnès Varda
Calder installing works for Aix. Saché. Roxbury. 1953–54, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1954
Photograph by Agnès Varda
Calder with Les Granettes, Saché (1967)
Calder with Les Granettes (1953), François Premier, Saché, 1967Photograph by Tony Vaccaro / Tony Vaccaro Archives
Calder with Les Granettes (1953), François Premier, Saché, 1967
Photograph by Tony Vaccaro
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Myxomatose (1953)
Myxomatose, 1953
Yellow Disc (1953)
Yellow Disc, 1953
L’empennage (1953)
L'empennage, 1953
Untitled (1954)
Untitled, 1954
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Untitled (c. 1954)
Untitled, c. 1954
La cuiller (1954)
La cuiller, 1954
Le Flamand (1954)
Le Flamand, 1954
Gallows and Lollipops (maquette) (1955)
Gallows and Lollipops (maquette), 1955
Related Timeline
1953–1962
1953–1962 Large-scale Developments and Intercontinental Projects

During a yearlong stay in Aix-en-Provence, Calder executed the first group of large-scale outdoor works and concurrently concentrated on painting gouaches. In 1954–55, he visited the Middle East, India, and South America, with trips to Paris in between, resulting in an astonishing output and range of work. Toward the late 1950s, Calder turned his attention to commissions both at home and abroad.