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Les Triangles, 1963

Work

Les Triangles

Date 1963
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
10'10" × 15'5" × 8'10 1⁄3"
Collection
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  8
Calder painting Untitled, Le Carroi studio, Saché (1963)
Calder painting Untitled with Les Triangles and Le Cèpe in the foreground, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder painting Untitled with Les Triangles and Le Cèpe in the foreground, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Les Triangles Le Carroi Studio Saché (1963)
Les Triangles, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Les Triangles, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Calder Le Carroi studio (1963)
Calder, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Les Triangles and Les Triangles (maquette) Le Carroi studio (1963)
Les Triangles and Les Triangles (maquette, 1962), Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Les Triangles and Les Triangles (maquette, 1962), Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Le Carroi studio (1963)
Calder painting Untitled with Les Triangles in the foreground, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder painting Untitled with Les Triangles in the foreground, Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Calder and Miró outside Fondation Maeght (1969)
Calder and Joan Miró with Cactus provisoire (1967) and Les Triangles (1963) outside Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder and Joan Miró with Cactus provisoire (1967) and Les Triangles (1963) outside Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Fondation Maeght (1969)
Guillotine pour huit (1963) outside Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969. Les Triangles (1963) and Cactus provisoire (1967) are visible in the background.Photograph by Claude Gaspari
Guillotine pour huit (1963) outside Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969. Les Triangles (1963) and Cactus provisoire (1967) are visible in the background.Photograph by Claude Gaspari
Calder and Joan Miró with Les Triangles (1963) at the opening of Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)
Calder and Joan Miró with Les Triangles (1963) at the opening of Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder and Joan Miró with Les Triangles (1963) at the opening of Calder, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1969
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Related exhibitions  3
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1965)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Calder. 2 April–31 May 1969.

Solo Exhibition
Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany (2021)

Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany. Alexander Calder: Minimal / Maximal. 22 August 2021–13 February 2022

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 216
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
Untitled (1963)
Untitled, 1963
Le Faucon (1963)
Le Faucon, 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.