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Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A07767.
“What is essential to the shape of Calder’s sculpture is the physical and dynamic reaction caused by moving the various elements closer together or farther apart, whether they are internal to the work or related to outside factors, like the movement of air. In the 1960s, this same principle of reciprocity…became central to artistic research.”
Daniela Lancioni, ‘Calder: The Avant-Garde put to Work’ in Calder: Sculptor of Air, Calder Foundation, New York, 2009, p. 60.
“What is essential to the shape of Calder’s sculpture is the physical and dynamic reaction caused by moving the various elements closer together or farther apart, whether they are internal to the work or related to outside factors, like the movement of air. In the 1960s, this same principle of reciprocity…became central to artistic research.”
Daniela Lancioni, ‘Calder: The Avant-Garde put to Work’ in Calder: Sculptor of Air, Calder Foundation, New York, 2009, p. 60.