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Yellow Stalk with Stone, 1953

Work

Yellow Stalk with Stone

Date 1953
Media
Sheet metal, wire, stone, and paint
Dimensions
49 1⁄2" × 40" × 14"
Collection
Seattle Art Museum; Promised Gift of Jon & Mary Shirley (no. T2009.56.22)
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil (1953)

Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil. II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. 15 December 1953–28 February 1954.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Four Dots and Brass Tail (c. 1953)
Four Dots and Brass Tail, c. 1953
Black Triangle–Red Ribbon (1953)
Black Triangle–Red Ribbon, 1953
Untitled (c. 1953)
Untitled, c. 1953
Rosenhof (1953)
Rosenhof, 1953
Related Timeline
1953–1962
1953–1962 Large-scale Developments and Intercontinental Projects

During a yearlong stay in Aix-en-Provence, Calder executed the first group of large-scale outdoor works and concurrently concentrated on painting gouaches. In 1954–55, he visited the Middle East, India, and South America, with trips to Paris in between, resulting in an astonishing output and range of work. Toward the late 1950s, Calder turned his attention to commissions both at home and abroad.