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Monsieur Loyal, 1967

Work

Monsieur Loyal

Date 1967
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
approx. 26' high
Collection
Musée de Grenoble
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  1
Monsieur Loyal (1967)
Monsieur Loyal, Grenoble, France, 1967
Monsieur Loyal, Grenoble, France, 1967
Featured Text  1
Calder’s International Monuments by Robert Osborn

Osborn, Robert. “Calder’s International Monuments.” Art in America, vol. 57, no. 2 (March–April 1969).

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Related works  1
Monsieur Loyal (1:5 intermediate maquette) (1967)
Monsieur Loyal (1:5 intermediate maquette), 1967
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Four Planes Escarpé (1967)
Four Planes Escarpé, 1967
Six Planes Escarpé (1967)
Six Planes Escarpé, 1967
Trois pics (intermediate maquette) (1967)
Trois pics (intermediate maquette), 1967
Trois pics (1967)
Trois pics, 1967
Works / Stabile 251
Four Planes Escarpé (maquette) (c. 1967)
Four Planes Escarpé (maquette), c. 1967
Six Planes Escarpé (maquette) (c. 1967)
Six Planes Escarpé (maquette), c. 1967
Trois pics (maquette) (1967)
Trois pics (maquette), 1967
Trois disques (intermediate maquette) (1967)
Trois disques (intermediate maquette), 1967
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.