Alexander Calder

Alexander "Sandy" Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) o daa nyɛla America nuuni tuunbaŋda ŋun mɛri binyɛra  Calder dii bi yu ni o maŋmaŋa niŋdi vihigu kahigibu o tuma ni

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Alexander "Sandy" Calder nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1898, Lawnton, Pennsylvania.


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 1939 – First prize in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, competition for Plexiglas sculpture
 1952 – Represented the United States at the Venice Biennale and was awarded the main prize for sculpture
 1955 – Philadelphia Art Festival, for Pre-eminence in Art
 1957 – Stevens Institute of Technology Honor Award for Notable Achievement
 1958 – First Prize for Sculpture at the Pittsburgh International
 1958 – First Prize for Sculpture in Carnegie Prize
 1959 – Award with Carlos Raúl Villanueva at IV Bienal, Museu de Arte Moderna, Exposição Internacional de Arquitetura
 1960 – National Institute of Arts and Letters, insignia
 1960 – Gold Medal of Honor, the Architectural League of New York, for sculpture at UNESCO
 1961 – Fine Arts Gold Medal for a Master of Sculpture at the American Institute of Architects
 1962 – Art in America Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to American Art (shared with Alfred H. Barr, Jr.)
 1962 – Creative Arts Award for Sculpture at Brandeis University
 1963 – President's Medal, Art Director's Club
 1963 – Edward MacDowell Medal for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts from The MacDowell Colony
 1964 – Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
 1966 – St. Botolph Distinguished Artist Award
 1966 – Honorary Degree, Doctor of Arts, Harvard University
 1967 – Honorary Sponsor, Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films
 1968 – Officier de la Légion d'honneur, Ministry of Culture, France
 1968 – New York State Award
 1969 – Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
 1969 – Key to the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan
 1969 – Granted the same droit de suite rights as French authors
 1969 – Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts, Grand Valley State College
 c.1970 – Monnaie de Paris, 2 Calder coins
 1971 – The Gold Medal for Sculpture, National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters
 1973 – Honorary Degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Hartford
 1974 – Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, Ministry of Culture, France
 1974 – Saint Pierre des Corps
 1974 – Citoyen d'Honneur, Commune de Sáche, France
 1974 – Official Mayoral Decree of "Alexander Calder Day in Chicago" (October 25, 1974)
 1974 – Honorary Citizen of Chicago
 1974 – Grand Prix National des Art et Lettres, Ministry of Culture, France
 1975 – U.N. Peace Medal
 1975 – Liberty Bell, City of Philadelphia
 1975 – United Nations Peace Medal
 1976 – Official Cachet, presented to Calder as designer of the WFUNA Cachet on the first day of issue
 1977 – Posthumously awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
 1977 – Goslarer Kaiserring
 1983 – United States Mint issues a half-ounce gold medallion honoring Calder
 1998 – US Postal Service issues a set of five 32-cent stamps honoring Calder

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 Dog (1909), folded brass sheet, made as a present for Calder's parents
 The Flying Trapeze (1925), oil on canvas, 36 x 42 in.
 Elephant (c. 1928), wire and wood, 11½ x 5¾ x 29.2 in.
 Hi! (ca. 1928), brass wire, painted wood base, Honolulu Museum of Art
 Policeman (ca. 1928) wire and wood.
 Aztec Josephine Baker (1930), wire, 53" x 10" x 9". A representation of Josephine Baker, the exuberant lead dancer from La revue nègre at the Folies Bergère.
 Untitled (1931), wire, wood and motor; one of the first kinetic mobiles
 Small Feathers (1931), wire, wood and paint; first true mobile, although designed to stand on a desktop
 Cône d'ébène (1933), ebony, metal bar and wire; early suspended mobile (first was made in 1932)
 Object with Yellow Background (1936), painted wood, metal, string, Honolulu Museum of Art
 Mercury Fountain (1937), sheet metal and liquid mercury metal
 Devil Fish (1937), sheet metal, bolts and paint; first piece made from a model
 1939 New York World's Fair (maquette) (1938), sheet metal, wire, wood, string and paint
 Necklace (c. 1938), brass wire, glass and mirror
 Sphere Pierced by Cylinders (1939), wire and paint; the first of many floor-standing, lifesize "stabiles" (predating Anthony Caro's "plinthless" sculptures by two decades)
 Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939), sheet metal, wire and paint (suspended mobile); design for the stairwell of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
 Black Beast (1940), sheet metal, bolts and paint (freestanding plinthless stabile)
 S-Shaped Vine (1946), sheet metal, wire and paint (suspended mobile)
 Sword Plant (1947) sheet metal, wire and paint (standing mobile)
 Snow Flurry (1948), sheet metal, wire and paint (suspended mobile)
  Stillman House Mural (1952), View of pool at Stillman House
 .125 (1957), steel plate, rods and paint
 Spirale (1958), steel plate, rod and paint, 360" high; public monumental mobile for Maison de l'UNESCO, Paris
 Guillotine pour huit (Guillotine for eight), (1962), at the LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
 Teodelapio (1962), steel plate and paint, monumental stabile, Spoleto, Italy
 Sky Hooks (1962)
 La Grande voile (1966), a 33-ton metal sculpture composed of five intersecting forms, four planes, and one curve. It stands  tall, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 Trois disques (1967) stainless steel plate, bolts and paint, 65' x 83' x 53', monumental stabile, Montreal Canada
 Gwenfritz (1968) National Museum of American History
 Spinal Column (1968), San Diego Museum of Art
 La Grande Vitesse, (1969), steel plate, bolts and paint, 43' x 55' x 25', Grand Rapids, Michigan
 Bent Propeller, [destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001] 1970–71, 7 World Trade Center, New York City
 Peau Rouge Indiana (Red Skin Indiana) (1970), steel plate, bolts and paint, 40' x 32' x 33', Bloomington, Indiana
 Young Woman and Her Suitors (1970), painted steel, installed at exterior of AT&T Michigan Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan, displayed at corner of Michigan Avenue (Michigan) and Cass Avenue from 1973-2007. Moved for conservation and donated to Detroit Institute of Arts, currently on display at exterior of museum at John R. Street  
 Reims, Croix du Sud (Reims, Cross of the South) (1970), at the LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
 Eagle (1971), steel plate, bolts and paint, 38'9" x 32'8" x 32'8", Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington
 White and Red Boomerang (1971), Painted metal, wire, Honolulu Museum of Art
 "Four Arches" (1973), red painted steel plate, 63' tall Los Angeles, California
 Stegosaurus (1973), steel plate, bolts and paint, 50' tall, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
 Cheval Rouge (Red Horse) (1974), red painted sheet metal, at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
 Flamingo (1974), red painted steel, at the Federal Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
 Universe (1974), motorized "wallmobile", black, red, yellow, and blue painted steel, Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois
 Black Flag (1974), black painted steel, Storm King Art Center, New York State
 Tripes (1974), black painted steel, Storm King Art Center
 The Arch (1975), black painted steel, Storm King Art Center
 The Red Feather (1975), black and red painted steel, 11' x 6'3" x 11'2", The Kentucky Center
 Flying Dragon (1975), red painted steel, believed to be the final stabile personally created by Alexander Calder, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 Untitled (1976), aluminum honeycomb, tubing and paint, 358½ x 912", National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
 L'Araignée Rouge (The Red Spider) (1976), 15m tall, monumental sculpture, Paris La Défense France
 Mountains and Clouds (1976), painted aluminum and steel, 612 inches x 900 inches, Hart Senate Office Building
 Calder's set for Socrate (1976), Pivotal stage sets presented in New York on the first anniversary of Calder's death
 Five Swords (1976), red painted steel, Storm King Art Center

Noosi

Kundivihira

 Baal-Teshuva, Jacob. Alexander Calder 1898–1976. Taschen, Cologne 2002, .
 Calder, Alexander. An Autobiography With Pictures. Pantheon Books, 1966, 
 Calder Hayes, Margaret. Three Alexander Calders: A Family Memoir. Paul S. Eriksson, 1977, .
 Guerrero, Pedro E. Calder at Home. The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, 1998, 
 Prather, Marla. Alexander Calder 1898–1976. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1998, , 
 Rosenthal, Mark, and Alexander S. C. Rower. The Surreal Calder. The Menil Collection, Houston, 2005, 
 Rower, Alexander S. C. Calder Sculpture. Universe Publishing, 1998, 
 Barbara Zabel, Calder's Portraits 'A New Language''' (Washington, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012).
 Thalacker, Donald W. The Place of Art in the World of Architecture. Chelsea House Publishers, New York, 1980.
 December 19, 2014. "Famous Artists Send Greeting Cards: An exhibit in New York showcases nearly 60 holiday cards from major artists", The Wall Street Journal. By Alexandra Wolfe.

Further reading
 Jed Perl: Calder : the conquest of time : the early years, 1898–1940'', New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, 

External links

 List of Alexander Calder public artworks
 Calder Foundation website
 Atelier Calder website
 National Gallery of Art – Alexander Calder

 Smithsonian holdings of artworks by Alexander Calder 
 Guggenheim collection Alexander Calder bio.
 Alexander Calder toys at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA
 A finding aid to the Alexander Calder papers in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
 Guide to the Calder-Hayes Family Papers at The Bancroft Library
 Calder and Braniff Airways
 Braniff Flying Colors Historical Page

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