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Obus, 1972

Work

Obus

Date 1972
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
11'10 1⁄2" × 12'8" × 7'5 5⁄8"
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Related exhibitions  1
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 218
Cinq Pics (1972)
Cinq Pics, 1972
Quatre ailes (1972)
Quatre ailes, 1972
Untitled (1972)
Untitled, 1972
Rhombus (1972)
Rhombus, 1972
Works / Stabile 251
Tripes (maquette) (1973)
Tripes (maquette), 1973
Red Curlicue (maquette) (1973)
Red Curlicue (maquette), 1973
Black Flag (maquette) (c. 1973)
Black Flag (maquette), c. 1973
Le Chien en trois couleurs (maquette) (c. 1973)
Le Chien en trois couleurs (maquette), c. 1973
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.