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

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

## Nintiɣili mini pina

* 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

## Anfooninima

Wfm_calder.jpg|*L'empennage* (1953), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Aula Magna-Calder-UCV.JPG|*[[Aula Magna (Central University of Venezuela)#Nubes de Calder|Acoustic Ceiling]]* (1953),Aula Magna, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Alexander Calder - La Ciudad.JPG|*La Ciudad* (1960), Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas - Venezuela
Mobil 3 Moderna museet, Stockholm 2006.jpg|*The Four Elements* (1961), Moderna Museet, installation at the museum entrance
Calder Rotterdam 002.jpg|*Le tamanoir (The [[Anteater]])* (1963),Rotterdam, Netherlands
Têtes et Queue, Stahl, 1965 (Alexander Calder).jpg|*Têtes et queue (Heads and tail)* (1965),Berlin, Germany
De tre vingarna, Alexander Calder.JPG|*De tre vingarna (The Three Wings)* (1967), Blå Stället, Angered, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Cc belem 2.jpg|*Untitled* (1968), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
Sandy Calder 3 disks 1 lacking 1968 no c.JPG|*Three Disks, One Lacking* (1968), Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
La bobine by Alexander Calder.jpg|*Bobine ([[Bobbin]])* (1970), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Hannover Calder Modern art.jpg|*Le hallebardier (The [[Halberdier]])* (1971), Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Alexander Calder Crinkly avec disc Rouge 1973-1.jpg|*Crinkly avec disque rouge (Crinkly with Red Disk)* (1973), Schlossplatz in Stuttgart, Germany
Feuille D'arbro.jpg|*Feuille d'arbre (Tree leaf)* (1974),Tel Aviv, Israel
Calderflyingdragon.jpg|*[[Flying Dragon (Calder)|Flying Dragon]]* (1975), Art Institute of Chicago


## Tuma shɛŋa

* *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
* *[[Calder's fountain|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 (sculpture)|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 (Calder)|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 (sculpture)|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 (Calder)|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&nbsp;inches x 900&nbsp;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
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* 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