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Yellow Plane, 1946

Work

Yellow Plane

Date 1946
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
36 1⁄2" × 51 1⁄4" × 49 1⁄4"
Collection
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Red T with Black Flags (1946)
Red T with Black Flags, 1946
Baby Flat Top (1946)
Baby Flat Top, 1946
Untitled (c. 1946)
Untitled, c. 1946
Grand Piano, Red (1946)
Grand Piano, Red, 1946
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.