Friday, 3 April 2026

Alexander Calder - part 12

This is part 12 of a 16-part series on the works of Alexander Calder. For a biography of Calder see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 11 also.

 

1957 Roman Rider
sheet metal and paint 189.9 x 124.9 cm
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna

1957 Large Flat Black
sheet metal, wire, and paint 91.4 x 304.8 cm
Private Collection

1957 Haikaller (Temple)
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 60.9 x 226 x 101.6 cm
Private Collection

c1957 Untitled
sheet metal, wire,
and paint 60.3 x 45.7 x 24.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1958 The Yellow Disc
oil on canvas 88.9 x 121.9 cm
Seattle Art Museum

1958 The Giant Mollusc
oil on canvas 60.9 x 91.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1958 Spiral
sheet metal, rod, bolts, and paint 30 ft high
Maison de l'U.N.E.S.C.O., Paris

1958 Pinwheel and Flow
oil on canvas 76.5 x 101.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1958 Le Chien (The Dog)
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 229.8 x 170.1 cm
Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp

1958 Araignée (Spider) maquette
sheet metal and paint 36.8 x .45.7 x 40.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1958 Untitled
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 38.1 cm high
Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz

c1958 Untitled (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 50.1 x 45.7 x 23.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1958 The Tree (Maquette)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 64.7 x 73.6 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1958 Four White Petals (maquette)
sheet metal, wire, lead, and paint 34.9 x 71.1 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York
 

1959 La Botte (The Boot)
sheet metal and paint 194.9 x 189.9 cm
Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

1959 For the Staircase
sheet metal and rods 334.9 x 365.4 cm
Kunstmuseum Bern

1959 Black: 17 Dots
sheet metal, wire, and paint 96.5 x 121.9 cm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

1959 Black Widow
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 92 x 171 x 89 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959 Big Red
sheet metal, wire, and paint 187.9 x 268 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1959 Back from Rio
sheet metal, rod, and paint 171.4 x 137.1 x 182.8 cm
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

1959 Untitled
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 240 x 240 cm
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York

1959 Untitled
oil on canvas 73.3 x 01.7 cm
Private Collection

1959 Spider
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 296.5 x 133 x 361.9 cm
Oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, Kunstmuseum Basel

1959 Sémaphores
sheet metal and paint 259.9 x 160 cm
Museum Ulm

1959 Lily
sheet metal and paint 177.8 x 132 x 109.2 cm
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, University of California Los Angeles

1959 Leaves
sheet metal, wire, and paint 106.6 x 71.1 x 137.1 cm
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

1960 Southern Cross (maquette)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 81.2 x 106 x 43.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1960 Red Disc, White Dots on Black
sheet metal, wire, and paint 91.4 x 88.9 x 38.1 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

1960 Quatre Systèmes Rouges (Four Red Systems)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 194.9 x 180 x 180
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark

1960 Gallows and Lollipops
sheet metal, rod, and paint 231 x 158 cm
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

1960 Fish Pull-Toy
wood, wire, paint, and string 24.1 x 66.6 x 29.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1960 29 Feuilles Blanches (White Leaves)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 149.8 x 250.1 cm
Private Collection

1960 Untitled
ink and gouache on paper 75.2 x 105.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York
 

1960 The Y
sheet metal, rod, and paint 250.9 x 443.2 x 168.5 cm
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

1960 The Tree
sheet metal, rod, and paint 84 x 120 x 54 cm
Private Collection

1960 The Snow Flake Tree
sheet metal, wire, paint, and motorised base 254 x 182.8 cm
Private Collection

1960 The City
sheet metal, rod, and paint 96 x 180 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas

c1960 The Spiral (maquette)
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 10.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1961 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 74.9 x 104.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1961 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 69.2 x 100 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1961 The Four Elements
sheet metal and paint, with motor 914.4 cm high
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1961 The Crab (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 51.1 x 101.6 x 52 cm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

1961 Sunset
gouache and ink on paper 55.2 x 75.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1961 Nineteen White Discs
sheet metal, wire, and paint 114.3 x 134.6 cm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

1961 Cocks Comb
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 302.8 x 344.4 x 204.4 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

c1961 Rug
wool and canvas 92 x 127 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1962 The Crab
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 304.8 x 400 x 508 cm 
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1962 Teodelapio (maquette II)
sheet metal and paint 60.3 x 38.7 x 40 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962 Little Face
sheet metal, wire, and paint 106.6 x 142.2 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

1962 Cloud with Rays
gouache and ink on paper 74.2 x 104.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1962 Arrangement in Black, Orange and Blue
gouache and ink on paper 68.5 x 101.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York