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Orange Under Table, c. 1949

Work

Orange Under Table

Date c. 1949
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
72" × 82"
Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan (no. EL1995.11)
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
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 269
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Pomegranate, 1949
Constellation for Mantel (1949)
Constellation for Mantel, 1949
Performing Seal (1950)
Performing Seal, 1950
The Watusi (1950)
The Watusi, 1950
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.