Christie’s has secured the consignment of a mobile by Alexander Calder made of wood from early in the artist’s career. Specialists expect the work, the leading lot of the Christie’s 20th Century ...
(Reuters) - Known for his popular mobiles, the wide-ranging body of work by late artist Alexander Calder is now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in (MOMA) in New York City. The exhibition, ...
Most people know Alexander Calder as the inventor of the mobile, a kinetic sculpture that hangs in space. But like his friend Georgia O'Keeffe, he is a familiar and beloved figure to such an extent ...
The Pennsylvania-born artist originally gifted Painted Wood to Brazilian modernist architect Henrique Mindlin. The work later sold to philanthropist and collector Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, who has ...
Alexander Calder checks some of his mobiles during a 1962 exhibition of his work at Tate London. Photo by Keystone-France / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images During his lifetime, Alexander Calder’s ...
On Wednesday morning in the atrium of the National Gallery of Art’s East Building, three people clutching long slender ropes looked as if they were trying to keep a zeppelin from blowing away in the ...
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Work from pioneering American artist Alexander Calder is the focus of the latest exhibition at Acquavella Galleries in Palm Beach. "Calder: Composing Motion," at the gallery through March 30, includes ...
A prominent New York art gallerist is battling with a famed art detective and the granddaughter of a Swiss architect over who is the true owner of a $8.7 million Alexander Calder sculpture—a dispute ...
Received several commissions for large-scale public sculpture, including a mobile for JFK Airport commissioned by Port Authority of New York and a stabile for UNESCO Paris headquarters Alexander ...