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Mushroom Has Red Face, 1949

Work

Mushroom Has Red Face

Date 1949
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
34" × 24" × 20"
Collection
Private Collection
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Calder. 2 April–31 May 1969.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 266
Red Toadstool (1949)
Red Toadstool, 1949
Untitled (c. 1949)
Untitled, c. 1949
More Extreme Cantilever (1949)
More Extreme Cantilever, 1949
Pomegranate (1949)
Pomegranate, 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.