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The Hawk for Peace, 1968

Work

The Hawk for Peace

Date 1968
Media
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
Dimensions
13' × 23' ×  11' 1/2"
Collection
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Alexander Calder in memory of Kenneth Aurand Hayes, 1968 (no. 1968.51)
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Spinal Column (1968)
Spinal Column, 1968
Nénuphar (1968)
Nénuphar, 1968
Untitled (1968)
Untitled, 1968
Lund (1968)
Lund, 1968
Works / Stabile 251
Trois bollards (maquette) (1969)
Trois bollards (maquette), 1969
La Grande vitesse (1:5 intermediate maquette) (1969)
La Grande vitesse (1:5 intermediate maquette), 1969
La Grande vitesse (1969)
La Grande vitesse, 1969
Hats Off (maquette) (c. 1969)
Hats Off (maquette), c. 1969
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.