Modern and Contemporary Art Red Frame Construction Made in United States, North and Central America1932 Alexander Calder, American, 1898 - 1976 Painted metal, wood, wire * Gallery 49, Modern and Contemporary Art, ground floor 1946-70-8 A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1946 |
LabelThis 1932 composition of disks and globes suspended in a red frame represents a format more geometric than Calder’s kinetic mobiles, which he introduced in a Paris exhibition earlier the same year. Calder made Construction after returning from a trip to Barcelona, where he may have seen examples of flat wall reliefs by his friend Joan Miró, the Spanish Surrealist.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
