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Rhombus, 1972

Work

Rhombus

Date 1972
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
10'9" × 9'7 3⁄4" × 7'6"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  1
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 218
National Gallery (intermediate maquette) (1973)
National Gallery (intermediate maquette), 1973
3 Segments (1973)
3 Segments, 1973
Le Chien en trois couleurs (1973)
Le Chien en trois couleurs, 1973
Le Soleil sur la montagne II (1973)
Le Soleil sur la montagne II, 1973
Works / Standing Mobile 270
Feuille d’arbre (maquette) (1973)
Feuille d'arbre (maquette), 1973
Orange Quadrilateral (1973)
Orange Quadrilateral, 1973
Crinkly with a Red Disc (maquette) (c. 1973)
Crinkly with a Red Disc (maquette), c. 1973
Crinkly with a Red Disc (1973)
Crinkly with a Red Disc, 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.