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Smoke Rings, 1968

Work

Smoke Rings

Date 1968
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
87" × 96" × 70"
Collection
Nahmad Collection
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  2
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

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

Solo Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder: Hypermobility. 9 June–23 October 2017.

Solo Exhibition
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Works / Standing Mobile 266
The Iguana (1968)
The Iguana, 1968
Bleu, jaune, rouge sur base courbe (1969)
Bleu, jaune, rouge sur base courbe, 1969
Extrême porte à faux III (1969)
Extrême porte à faux III, 1969
Reims croix du sud (1969)
Reims croix du sud, 1969
Related Timeline
1963–1976
1963–1976 Monumental Works

In 1963, Calder completed construction of a large studio overlooking the Indre Valley. With the assistance of a full-scale, industrial ironworks, he began to fabricate his monumental works in France and devoted much of his later working years to public commissions. Calder died in New York in 1976 at the age of seventy-eight.