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Octopus, 1964

Work

Octopus

Date 1964
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
10' × 9' × 5'6"
Collection
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, 1968
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Octopus and Prickly Pear, Roxbury (1964)
Octopus and Prickly Pear, Roxbury, 1964Photograph by Pedro Guerrero © Pedro Guerrero
Octopus and Prickly Pear, Roxbury, 1964
Photograph by Pedro Guerrero
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Contreforts (1964)
Contreforts, 1964
Prickly Pear (1964)
Prickly Pear, 1964
Dent de sagesse (1964)
Dent de sagesse, 1964
Spunk of the Monk (1964)
Spunk of the Monk, 1964
Works / Stabile 251
The Rocket (1964)
The Rocket, 1964
Sun and Mountains (maquette) (c. 1965)
Sun and Mountains (maquette), c. 1965
Archway in Two Sections (maquette) (1965)
Archway in Two Sections (maquette), 1965
Les Arêtes de poisson (maquette) (1965)
Les Arêtes de poisson (maquette), 1965
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.