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Lobster Trap and Fish Tail is a hanging mobile created by Alexander Calder in 1939, now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is made of painted aluminum and wire and was originally produced for an installation at the museum. The work uses balanced, curving elements that move...
Snow Flurry I is a hanging mobile by American sculptor Alexander Calder, who originated the mobile as a distinct form of kinetic art in the 1930s. The work consists of abstract suspended elements balanced so they shift and rotate in response to air currents. Its pale palette of white forms, suggeste...
Flamingo is a monumental public sculpture designed by the American artist Alexander Calder and installed in 1974. Located in the Federal Plaza in Chicago, it stands 53 feet tall and is constructed from painted steel. The work is classified as a "stabile," a term coined to describe Calder's stationar...
"La Grande Vitesse" is a large-scale public sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, installed in 1969 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is a red, painted steel stabile situated in the city's Vandenberg Plaza, characterized by its abstract arching forms and sweeping lines. The artwork holds histor...
Red Mobile is a kinetic sculpture by the American artist Alexander Calder, who pioneered the mobile as an art form. Constructed from painted sheet metal and wire, the sculpture consists of abstract red elements suspended from the ceiling. The carefully balanced components shift and rotate in respons...
