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Scorpion and Diabolo, 1949

Work

Scorpion and Diabolo

Date 1949
Media
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
22" × 26"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Oil Painting
Related exhibitions  1
Pace, London (2013)

Pace, London. Calder After the War. 19 April–7 June 2013.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Oil Painting 82
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Untitled (Happy as Larry), 1949
Knitting (1949)
Knitting, 1949
Untitled (c. 1949)
Untitled, c. 1949
Untitled (1949)
Untitled, 1949
Related Timeline
1946–1952
1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.