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The X and Its Tails, 1967

Work

The X and Its Tails

Date 1967
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
10' × 10' × 12'
Collection
Detroit Institute of Arts; Gift of W. Hawkins Ferry, 1967
Monumental Sculpture, Stabile
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Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Cactus provisoire (1967)
Cactus provisoire, 1967
Tom’s Cubicle (1967)
Tom's Cubicle, 1967
Crossed Blades (1967)
Crossed Blades, 1967
Les Ailes brisées (1967)
Les Ailes brisées, 1967
Works / Stabile 251
Morning Cobweb (intermediate maquette) (1967)
Morning Cobweb (intermediate maquette), 1967
The Kite that Never Flew (1967)
The Kite that Never Flew, 1967
Les Trois ailes II (1967)
Les Trois ailes II, 1967
Cinq ailes (1967)
Cinq ailes, 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.