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Performing Seal, 1950

Work

Performing Seal

Date 1950
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
33" × 23" × 36"
Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan (no. EL1995.7)
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  2
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
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2019)

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor. 5 April–4 August 2019. Originated from Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
The Watusi (1950)
The Watusi, 1950
Eight Black Dots (1950)
Eight Black Dots, 1950
Untitled (c. 1950)
Untitled, c. 1950
Thirty-Two Discs (1951)
Thirty-Two Discs, 1951
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.