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Bird, c. 1952

Work

Bird

Date c. 1952
Media
Tin cans and wire
Dimensions
20" × 25" × 16"
Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Gift of The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Foundation (no. 2018.6)
Wire Sculpture
Archive
Works / Wire Sculpture 76
Bird (c. 1955)
Bird, c. 1955
La Touraine (c. 1965)
La Touraine, c. 1965
Self-Portrait (1968)
Self-Portrait, 1968
Chock (1972)
Chock, 1972
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.