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Têtes et queue, 1965

Work

Têtes et queue

Date 1965
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
18' × 15'5" × 10'10"
Collection
Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Historical Photos  1
Têtes et queue at the Neue Nationalgalerie (1968)
Têtes et queue (1965), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1968
Têtes et queue (1965), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1968
Related exhibitions  2
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1965)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany (2021)

Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany. Alexander Calder: Minimal / Maximal. 22 August 2021–13 February 2022

Solo Exhibition
Featured Text  1
Calder’s International Monuments by Robert Osborn

Osborn, Robert. “Calder’s International Monuments.” Art in America, vol. 57, no. 2 (March–April 1969).

Magazine
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
La Grande voile (1965)
La Grande voile, 1965
The Onion (1965)
The Onion, 1965
Shiva (1965)
Shiva, 1965
Le Baron (1965)
Le Baron, 1965
Works / Stabile 251
Triangles and Arches (1965)
Triangles and Arches, 1965
Object in Five Planes (1965)
Object in Five Planes, 1965
Trois disques (maquette) (1966)
Trois disques (maquette), 1966
Tom’s (maquette) (c. 1966)
Tom's (maquette), c. 1966
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.