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Knobs (maquette), c. 1975

Work

Knobs (maquette)

Date c. 1975
Media
Sheet metal and wire
Dimensions
27" × 22" × 11"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Stabile
Historical Photos  1
Calder inspecting Knobs (maquette) (1975)
Calder inspecting Knobs (maquette) with plans for Knobs (1976) at Etablissements Biémont, Tours, France, c. 1975
Calder inspecting Knobs (maquette) with plans for Knobs (1976) at Etablissements Biémont, Tours, France, c. 1975
Related exhibitions  1
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville (2001)

Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York. Grand Intuitions: Calder’s Monumental Sculpture. 21 May 2001–15 November 2003.

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Knobs (1976)
Knobs, 1976
Archive
Works / Stabile 251
Jerusalem Stabile (maquette) (c. 1975)
Jerusalem Stabile (maquette), c. 1975
Saurien (maquette) (1975)
Saurien (maquette), 1975
Saurien (1975)
Saurien, 1975
Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette) (1975)
Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette), 1975
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.