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Bird, c. 1951

Work

Bird

Date c. 1951
Media
Tin cans and wire
Dimensions
17 1⁄2" × 18 1⁄2" × 15"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Wire Sculpture
Related exhibitions  2
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1976)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.

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

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

Solo Exhibition
Selected films  1
Alexander Calder: From the Circus to the Moon
Alexander Calder: From the Circus to the Moon 1963Produced and directed by Hans Richter
Archive
Works / Wire Sculpture 76
Bird (c. 1952)
Bird, c. 1952
Bird (c. 1955)
Bird, c. 1955
La Touraine (c. 1965)
La Touraine, c. 1965
Self-Portrait (1968)
Self-Portrait, 1968
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.