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Painting by Alexander Calder

Painting

Alexander Calder · 1928

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Artist
Alexander Calder
Date
1928
Location
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Kinetic art
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Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder, the American sculptor, ingeniously brought movement into art with his pioneering 'mobiles' and monumental 'stabiles'.

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