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Birds, c. 1950

Work

Birds

Date c. 1950
Media
Tin cans and wire
Dimensions
33" × 14 1⁄2" × 9 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Wire Sculpture
Historical Photos  2
Calder with his mother (c. 1950)
Calder with Nanette Lederer Calder, Roxbury, c. 1950
Calder with Nanette Lederer Calder, Roxbury, c. 1950
Birds (1950)
Birds (c. 1950), Roxbury, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Birds (c. 1950), Roxbury, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
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. 1951)
Bird, c. 1951
Bird (c. 1952)
Bird, c. 1952
Bird (c. 1955)
Bird, c. 1955
La Touraine (c. 1965)
La Touraine, c. 1965
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.