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Bougainvillier, 1947

Work

Bougainvillier

Date 1947
Media
Sheet metal, wire, rod, lead, and paint
Dimensions
78" × 82" × 54"
Collection
Seattle Art Museum; Promised Gift of Jon & Mary Shirley (no. T97.188.8)
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  4
Bougainvillier (1947)
Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Bougainvillier (1947)
Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Bougainvillier (1947)
Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio (1947)
Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  4
Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York (1947)

Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York. Alexander Calder. 9–27 December 1947.

Solo Exhibition
Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London (1962)

Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London. Alexander Calder: Sculpture–Mobiles. 4 July–12 August 1962.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2013)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic. 24 November 2013–27 July 2014.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 270
Sword Plant (1947)
Sword Plant, 1947
Root (1947)
Root, 1947
Untitled (c. 1947)
Untitled, c. 1947
Little Pierced Disc (c. 1947)
Little Pierced Disc, c. 1947
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.