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Red Toadstool, 1949

Work

Red Toadstool

Date 1949
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
20 1⁄2" × 18 1⁄2" × 7 1⁄4"
Collection
Private Collection
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York (2015)

Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder: Multum in Parvo. 22 April–13 June 2015.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 270
Untitled (c. 1949)
Untitled, c. 1949
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Extreme Cantilever, 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.