Red Frame Construction
Alexander Calder, American, 1898 - 1976
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1932Medium:
Painted metal, wood, wireDimensions:
35 x 30 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches (88.9 x 76.8 x 67.3 cm)Copyright:
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
American ArtObject Location:
1946-70-8Credit Line:
A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1946
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1932Medium:
Painted metal, wood, wireDimensions:
35 x 30 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches (88.9 x 76.8 x 67.3 cm)Copyright:
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
American ArtObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1946-70-8Credit Line:
A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1946
Label:
This 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.
This 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.
