Alexander Calder - Artists - Helly Nahmad Gallery

Alexander Calder, Black II, 1949. Elegantly standing as though poised on tiptoe, Alexander Calder’s Black II is an exquisite example of the artist’s innovative combination of sculptural dynamism and grace. Comprised of dynamic upward arcs of red metal planes that pierce through a sunny yellow disk before culminating in a carefully balanced arm supporting a floating arrangement of multicolored discs, Black II incorporates many of the iconic motifs that Calder used throughout his career. With this particular form, Calder successfully incorporates both the graceful movement that he pioneered in his groundbreaking mobiles together with the more substantial nature of his mature postwar work.

Alexander Calder, Black II, 1949
Painted sheet metal and wire
101.6 x 83.8 x 45.7 cm. (40 x 33 in. x 18 in.)
© 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Artist Right Society (ARS), New York.

Alexander Calder, Maquette for Théâtre de Nice, 1970
Standing mobile: painted sheet metal, brass and wire
51 x 56 x 42 cm. (20 1/8 x 22 in. x 16 1/2 in.)
© 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Artist Right Society (ARS), New York.

Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1948 Hanging mobile—sheet metal, wire and paint 134.6 x 182.8 x 63.5 cm. (53 x 72 in. x 25 in.) © 2018 Calder Foundation, New York / Artist Right Society (ARS), New York. ©Helly Nahmad Gallery NY.

Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1948
Hanging mobile—sheet metal, wire and paint
134.6 x 182.8 x 63.5 cm. (53 x 72 in. x 25 in.)
© 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Artist Right Society (ARS), New York.