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Saurien, 1975

Work

Saurien

Date 1975
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
19'5" × 14'10" × 18'9"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  2
Calder: Mostra retrospettiva at Palazzo a Vela, Turin (1983)
Gabriella Cohen dancing at Calder: Mostra retrospettiva, Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy, 1983Photograph by Mavi Cappa Bava
Gabriella Cohen dancing at Calder: Mostra retrospettiva, Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy, 1983Photograph by Mavi Cappa Bava
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
Related exhibitions  1
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Saurien (maquette) (1975)
Saurien (maquette), 1975
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette) (1975)
Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette), 1975
The Arch (1975)
The Arch, 1975
Flying Dragon (1975)
Flying Dragon, 1975
Angulaire (1975)
Angulaire, 1975
Works / Stabile 251
The Red Feather (1975)
The Red Feather, 1975
Untitled (maquette) (1976)
Untitled (maquette), 1976
Jerusalem Stabile III (1976)
Jerusalem Stabile III, 1976
Jerusalem Stabile II (1976)
Jerusalem Stabile II, 1976
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.