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Reims croix du sud, 1969

Work

Reims croix du sud

Date 1969
Media
Sheet metal, rod, and paint
Dimensions
275 1⁄2" × 236 1⁄4" × 354 1⁄2"
Collection
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Dation of the Estate of the Artist, 1983
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
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Historical Photos  2
Outside Le Carroi studio (1976)
Gui, The Red Feather (1975), Reims croix du sud (1969), Horizontal (1974) and Feuille d'arbre (1974) outside Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1976
Gui, The Red Feather (1975), Reims croix du sud (1969), Horizontal (1974) and Feuille d’arbre (1974) outside Le Carroi studio, Saché, 1976
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi Saché (1976)
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi, Saché, c. 1976
Postcard showing aerial view of Le Carroi, Saché, c. 1976
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 216
Fafnir-Dragon II (1969)
Fafnir-Dragon II, 1969
Crinkly (1969)
Crinkly, 1969
Ordinary (1969)
Ordinary, 1969
Janey Waney (1969)
Janey Waney, 1969
Works / Standing Mobile 266
Crinkly (1970)
Crinkly, 1970
Untitled (c. 1970)
Untitled, c. 1970
Red Curly Tail (1970)
Red Curly Tail, 1970
Théâtre de Nice (1970)
Théâtre de Nice, 1970
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.