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Untitled, 1947

Work

Untitled

Date 1947
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
10 1⁄2" × 37" × 12"
Collection
Seattle Art Museum; Promised Gift of Jon & Mary Shirley (no. T2023.11.3)
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro (1948)

Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Calder. September 1948.

Solo Exhibition
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Works / Standing Mobile 269
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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.