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White Loops and Red Spiral
White Loops and Red Spiral
1959
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Alexander Calder
(American, 1898–1976)
Painted steel and aluminum
Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.)
Gift of The Halle Bros. Co. 1961.195.b
© Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Highly prolific, Calder produced more than 16,000 works, an average of one a day for nearly 45 years.
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Alexander Calder’s training as a mechanical engineer reinforced his lifelong interest in moving objects and inspired him to invent the mobile, a new type of sculpture that ranks among the most innovative discoveries in modern art. Calder's mobiles are often suspended from the ceiling, but here the mobile hangs on top of a black support structure. Both the spiral and irregular loops of the mobile are recurring forms in Calder's sculptural work.
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