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Mountains (1:5 intermediate maquette), 1976

Work

Mountains (1:5 intermediate maquette)

Date 1976
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
12' 10" × 12' × 11' 6" (154" × 144" × 138")
Collection
Seattle Art Museum; Purchased with funds from Jon & Kim Shirley, 2021 (no. 2021.16)
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Archive
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Jerusalem Stabile I (1976)
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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.