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Sword Plant, 1947

Work

Sword Plant

Date 1947
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
38 1⁄2" × 31" × 28 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  2
Calder at Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin (1947)
Calder with Gamma and Sword Plant, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947
Calder with Gamma and Sword Plant, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947
Saché (1963)
Haikaller (1957), Blue Feather (c. 1948), Red, White and Blue, on Black (1948), Red Lily Pads (1956), Snow Flurry (1948), Sword Plant (1947) and Dancer (1944), Saché, 1963Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Haikaller (1957), Blue Feather (c. 1948), Red, White and Blue, on Black (1948), Red Lily Pads (1956), Snow Flurry (1948), Sword Plant (1947) and Dancer (1944), Saché, 1963
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Related exhibitions  8
Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York (1947)

Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York. Alexander Calder. 9–27 December 1947.

Solo Exhibition
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

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

Solo Exhibition
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

Solo Exhibition
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
Pace, London (2013)

Pace, London. Calder After the War. 19 April–7 June 2013.

Solo Exhibition
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul (2013)

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul. Calder. 18 July–20 October 2013.

Solo Exhibition
Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2018)

Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, England. Calder: From the Stony River to the Sky. 26 May 2018–9 September 2018.

Solo Exhibition
Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo (2024)

Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo. Calder: Un effet du japonais. 30 May–6 September 2024.

Solo Exhibition
Selected films  1
Works of Calder
Works of Calder 1950Directed and cinematography by Herbert Matter
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Bougainvillier (1947)
Bougainvillier, 1947
Root (1947)
Root, 1947
Untitled (c. 1947)
Untitled, c. 1947
Little Pierced Disc (c. 1947)
Little Pierced Disc, c. 1947
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.