The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 16, 2024
White Loops and Red Spiral on Black Stabile
1959
(American, 1898–1976)
Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.)
Gift of The Halle Bros. Co. 1961.195
© Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
Did You Know?
Extremely prolific, Alexander Calder created more than 16,000 artworks during his life.Description
Alexander Calder’s training as a mechanical engineer reinforced his lifelong interest in moving objects and inspired him to invent the mobile, a new type of sculpture that ranks among the most innovative discoveries in modern art. Calder's mobiles are often suspended from the ceiling, but here the mobile hangs on top of a black support structure. Both the spiral and irregular loops of the mobile are recurring forms in Calder's sculptural work.- [Perls Galleries, New York, NY]1961[Seventeen Magazine, New York, NY]1961The Halle Brothers Company, Cleveland, OH1961The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Calder, Alexander, Robert Müller, Reg Butler, and William D. Wixom. “Three Contemporary Sculptures.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 3 (March 1962): 60–63. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 60-61, fig. 1 www.jstor.org
- Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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