Red Octopus

1963

A workshop at Saché above the Chevrière valley

In 1963 Calder settles into a new workshop overlooking the valley of the Lower Chevrière to the village of Saché in Indre-et-Loire, France; he later donates a sculpture to the town, which since 1974 has stood in the town square. Most of his monumental works after 1962 are made at Établissements Biémont in Tours: he makes a model, the engineering department scales it up under his direction, and technicians complete the metalwork.

1964

The retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum

A major retrospective of Calder’s work is held in 1964 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

28. Juni 1964 – 6. Oktober 1964

Exhibition: Documenta III