Alexander Calder
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Provides detailed insight into that pioneering process through reproductions of personal drawings and notes and new research from a wide range of renowned scholars, furthering our understanding of the remarkable depth of Calder's beloved mobile sculptures and entrenching his status as an icon of modernism.
Author
Series
Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The American sculptor, Alexander Calder, was one of the most inventive and beloved artists of his time. He was best known for his mobiles -- hanging, dangling, perfectly balanced innovative sculptures that twist and orbit in the breeze -- and for his stabiles, stationary sculptures that are often enormous and that grace and enliven public spaces around the world. Did you know that: the term mobile was coined by Surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp? Calder...
13) Hommage à Calder
Publisher
Sociʹetʹe internationale d'art XXe siècle; Exclusivitʹe de la vente U.S.A.: Tudor Pub. Co., N.Y
Pub. Date
1972]
Language
Français
Publisher
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Alexander Calder's most beloved creations--from his mobiles to his public sculpture--are examined from every angle in this stunning book. Widely considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Alexander Calder revolutionized modern sculpture--most significantly with his kinetic works, for which Marcel Duchamp coined the term "mobiles." Later in his career, Calder created enormous versions of these floating abstractions. Their arching...