[DOC] [TLE] At the Whitney, Adventures in Wire and Whimsy - The New York Times [PAR] Oct 16, 2008 ... 15, includes an assortment of his wire portrait heads. Credit Librado ... Calder 
made five small Baker figures; four are in the show. With their tiny... [DOC] [TLE] From a Big Imagination, a Tiny Circus - The New York Times [PAR] Oct 10, 2008 ... Alexander Calder's Josephine Baker IV". ... articulated toys he created in Paris to 
the early mobiles on which his fame was built. ... he had embarked on the circus 
project just for the fun of it, Ms. Simon said he also made ... audience to an 
attraction that he hoped would seal his reputation: his wire portraits. [DOC] [TLE] Alexander Calder - Wikipedia [PAR] Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known as the originator of the 
mobile, a type of moving sculpture made with ... He also produced wire figures, 
which are like drawings made in space, and notably a miniature circus work ... 
His father, Alexander Stirling Calder, was a well-known sculptor who created 
many public... [DOC] [TLE] Arc of Petals (1941) - The Art Story [PAR] He soon began creating figurative and portrait sculptures using only wire to ... His 
several sculptures of dancer Josephine Baker were his earliest works in this 
direction. ... Artwork description & Analysis: Counterpoint to his mobiles, Calder 
created ... began to create the definitive abstract paintings for which he is best 
known. [DOC] [TLE] Calder's whimsy shows up in wire - The Washington Post [PAR] Mar 20, 2011 ... His abstract sheet-metal sculptures are in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture ... 
It was the centerpiece of a fountain created in 1969 outside the ... Calder's 
greatest wire portraits are five roughly four-foot-tall full-length figures of 
Josephine Baker, the exotic American dancer who was .... You might also like:. [DOC] [TLE] Alexander Calder. Josephine Baker (III). Paris, c. 1927 | MoMA [PAR] Known for carrying a roll of wire over his shoulder and a pair of pliers in his 
pocket, Calder ... and in the drama of shadowsas this buoyant portrait of 
Josephine Baker makes evident. ... Calder first gained public recognition and 
acclaim for wire sculptures he made in Paris in the late 1920s. ... Connect with 
MoMA  Mobile. [DOC] [TLE] Magnificent mobiles: the art of Alexander Calder | Art and design ... [PAR] Oct 23, 2015 ... Calder pioneered kinetic sculpture with his wafer thin mobiles that can be ... 
American sculptor Alexander Calder, maker of quicksilver wire figures ... portraits 
of the exuberant African American dancer Josephine Baker, her ... Calder also 
created a mobile set for Erik Satie's symphonic drama Socrate (1936). [DOC] [TLE] Alexander Calder Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] Alexander Calder was born in Philadelphia, the son of a well-known sculptor and 
... Calder also did freelance work as an illustrator for the National Police Gazette 
for about two years. In 1926 ... Calder's first wire sculpture, Josephine Baker (
1926), a witty linear ... Two years later Calder made his first draft-propelled 
mobiles. [DOC] [TLE] Alexander Calder | American artist | Britannica.com [PAR] American artist best known for his innovation of the mobile suspended sheet ... 
He also made a smaller number of sculptures in the more-traditional ... The Paris 
years: wire and experiments with motion ... But Calder particularly recommended 
himself with his sensational full-body portraits of jazz-era dancer Josephine 
Baker... [DOC] [TLE] Circus Back in Town at the Whitney - Whitney Museum of American Art [PAR] From his first caricatures to the birth of the mobile, exhibition looks at Calder's ... 
These sculptures  and others less well known  are juxtaposed with an 
extensive ... Also included are examples of Calder's toys, some made for the 
artist's own ... The first of his wire portraits was one of Josephine Baker and the 
other of a... [DOC] [TLE] Whitney Museum of American Art [PAR] sculptures were key antecedents for his mobiles. ... to perform in the Revue 
Ngre, American dancer Josephine Baker had

Question: This American known for his mobiles also created a wire portrait of Josephine Baker
Answer: Alexander Calder