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The Tree, 1966

Work

The Tree

Date 1966
Media
Sheet metal, rod, and paint
Dimensions
17' × 35'
Collection
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
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Related works  1
The Tree (maquette) (c. 1958)
The Tree (maquette), c. 1958
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 218
The Spinner (1966)
The Spinner, 1966
The Spiral (No! to Frank Lloyd Wright) (1966)
The Spiral (No! to Frank Lloyd Wright), 1966
Four Dishes, 1967
Monsieur Loyal (1:5 intermediate maquette) (1967)
Monsieur Loyal (1:5 intermediate maquette), 1967
Works / Standing Mobile 270
Red, Yellow, White (maquette for Work in Progress) (1967)
Red, Yellow, White (maquette for Work in Progress), 1967
Mont Saint-Michel (1967)
Mont Saint-Michel, 1967
Fafnir (1968)
Fafnir, 1968
Smoke Rings (1968)
Smoke Rings, 1968
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.