Alexander CalderAmerican, 1898–1976Sea Scape
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Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, United States
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- 72.121
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Meanwhile, in the life of Alexander Calder
The whole life1939–1945
The war years: “constellations” instead of aluminium
During the Second World War Calder tries to join the Marines as a camoufleur but is rejected. Adapting to a scarcity of aluminium, he returns to carved wood in a new open form of sculpture called “constellations”.
1946
The Louis Carré show and Sartre’s essay
In 1946 a Calder show organised by Duchamp, made up mainly of hanging and standing mobiles, opens at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris; because of the postal service’s strict size limits he takes some works apart and sends them by mail. The show makes a huge impact, as does the catalogue essay by Jean-Paul Sartre.
1948
A Rio de Janeiro show nearly sells out
By 1948 Calder’s works are selling: his solo show in Rio de Janeiro nearly sells out, and he becomes the first internationally renowned sculptor.
summer 1949
“Sculpture International” in Philadelphia
In the summer of 1949 Calder is one of 250 sculptors in the 3rd Sculpture International at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; his “International Mobile” is the centrepiece of the exhibition.
