Têtes et Queue - Berlin
N 52° 30.407 E 013° 22.010
33U E 389156 N 5818660
Calder sculpture executed in 1965 on the terrace of the Neue Nationalgalerie.
Waymark Code: WM9R35
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 09/22/2010
Views: 23
Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile. In addition to mobile and stabile sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry, and household objects.
Born in a family of celebrated, though more classically trained artists, Calder utilized his innovative genius to profoundly change the course of modern art. He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony. Calder also devoted himself to making outdoor sculpture on a grand scale from bolted sheet steel. Today, these stately titans grace public plazas in cities throughout the world.
Title: Têtes et Queue
Artist: Alexander Calder
Media (materials) used: Steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): museum
Date of creation or placement: 1965
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