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Almine Rech

Calder Unfolding

Oct 13 — Nov 12, 2022 | Paris, Matignon
Public opening on October 17, 2022. Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com The gallery is open from 11 am until 7 pm.

Almine Rech is delighted to present Calder Unfolding, a survey of work by Alexander Calder, from October 13 – November 12, 2022. Known internationally as a titan of twentieth-century art, Calder (1898–1976) deftly worked across a range of media throughout his career. Highlighting examples of gouache, jewelry, and sculpture, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to behold a broad scope of the artist’s work.

Unique among his contemporaries, Calder devised a number of new mediums during his lifetime, none more famous than the mobile. Giving form to something as ephemeral as currents of air, he astonished the world with his creation of kinetic sculpture in 1931. As philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote of his work, “A passing glance is not enough; you must live with it, be bewitched by it [...] The movements of Calder’s mobiles have a life of their own.” Featured in the Rech presentation is an untitled hanging mobile from 1963 composed of delicate sheet metal elements affixed to cascading wire tendrils. Made at the height of Calder’s career, the mobile’s expansive scope of movement ensures that its audience will never experience it the same way twice.

— Jessica Holmes, writer and critic

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Selected artworks

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1963

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1963

    Sheet metal, wire, and paint
    66 x 137.2 cm
    26 x 54 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Puntos Blancos, 1955

    Alexander Calder Puntos Blancos, 1955

    Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
    129.5 x 116.8 x 63.5 cm
    51 x 46 x 25 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1963

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1963

    Gouache and ink on paper
    68.6 x 102.2 cm
    27 x 40 1/4 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, c. 1971

    Alexander Calder Untitled, c. 1971

    Gouache and ink on paper
    74.9 x 109.6 cm
    29 1/2 x 43 1/8 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Stretching Triangles, 1971

    Alexander Calder Stretching Triangles, 1971

    Gouache and ink on paper
    74.9 x 109.9 cm
    29 1/2 x 43 1/4 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1953

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1953

    Gouache and ink on paper
    75.6 x 105.4 cm
    29 3/4 x 41 1/2 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1963

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1963

    Gouache and ink on paper
    58.4 x 77.5 cm
    23 x 30 1/2 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1969

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1969

    Gouache and ink on paper
    108 x 74.9 cm
    42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Yellow Starface, 1974

    Alexander Calder Yellow Starface, 1974

    Gouache and ink on paper
    74.9 x 109.9 cm
    29 1/2 x 43 1/4 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1966

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1966

    Ink and gouache on paper
    74.9 x 109.9 cm
    29 1/2 x 43 1/4 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, 1970

    Alexander Calder Untitled, 1970

    Gouache and ink on paper
    74.9 x 108 cm
    29 1/2 x 42 1/2 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      The Yin and Yang Moon, 1974

    Alexander Calder The Yin and Yang Moon, 1974

    Gouache and ink on paper
    74.9 x 109.8 cm
    117 x 81 cm (framed)
    29 1/2 x 43 1/4 in 
    46 1/2 x 32 in (framed)

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Earrings, c. 1930

    Alexander Calder Earrings, c. 1930

    Nickel-plated muselets, brass, and silver wire
    7.6 x 3.2 cm
    3 x 1 1/4 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Brooch, c. 1938

    Alexander Calder Brooch, c. 1938

    Brass wire, glass, and steel wire
    17.1 x 17.8 cm
    6 3/4 x 7 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Brooch, c. 1940

    Alexander Calder Brooch, c. 1940

    Silver and steel wire
    7.6 x 7 x 2.5 cm
    3 x 2 3/4 x 1 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Bracelet, c. 1938

    Alexander Calder Bracelet, c. 1938

    Brass wire
    4.4 x 7 x 5.1 cm
    1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      T brooch, c. 1940

    Alexander Calder T brooch, c. 1940

    Brass and steel wire
    8 x 9.9 cm
    3 1/8 x 3 7/8 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Brooch, c. 1942

    Alexander Calder Brooch, c. 1942

    Silver and steel wire
    7 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
    2 3/4 x 6 x 1/4 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Untitled, c.1942

    Alexander Calder Untitled, c.1942

    Silver wire
    43.2 x 30.5 cm
    17 x 12 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Figa hair comb, c. 1948

    Alexander Calder Figa hair comb, c. 1948

    Silver wire
    19.1 x 8 cm
    7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in

  • Alexander Calder,                                      Brooch, c. 1950

    Alexander Calder Brooch, c. 1950

    Silver and steel wire
    4.4 x 4.4 cm
    1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in