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The Spiral (No! to Frank Lloyd Wright), 1966

Work

The Spiral (No! to Frank Lloyd Wright)

Date 1966
Media
Sheet metal and paint, with motor
Dimensions
10' × 14'4" × 9'10 3⁄4"
Collection
Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts, Greenwich, Connecticut
Monumental Sculpture
Historical Photos  1
The Spiral (1967)
The Spiral (No! to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1966) at the opening for Guggenheim International Exhibition: Sculpture from Twenty Nations, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1967Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
The Spiral (No! to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1966) at the opening for Guggenheim International Exhibition: Sculpture from Twenty Nations, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1967
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Archive
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Four Planes Escarpé (1967)
Four Planes Escarpé, 1967
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.