Work

The Whirling Ear

Date 1958

Media

Sheet metal and paint, with motor

Dimensions

approx. 25' × 15'

Collection

Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

Monumental Sculpture, Sound-making Work

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Historical Photos 2

The Whirling Ear, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958

The Whirling Ear, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958Photograph by Robert Kayaert

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

Chronology 1

January 1958

Calder completes the motorized, monumental sculpture The Whirling Ear, a commission made for the pool in front of the United States Pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition. The sculpture was made by Calder at Gowans-Knight in Watertown,

Connecticut.