Alexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist known for inventing mobile sculptures that incorporated hanging geometric shapes that moved with air currents or motorized devices. Some of his most famous works mentioned in the document include La Spirale from 1958, Lobster Trap & Fish Tail from 1939 made of painted steel wire and aluminum, and Mercury Fountain from 1937 for the Paris World's Fair which used actual mercury. The document also lists several other metal sculptures Calder created between 1926-1973 that incorporated shapes of birds, people, and other forms.

1. Alexander Calderhttp://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/arts/calder/article.html
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2. Hen c. 1944

3. La Spirale
1958

4. Lobster Trap & Fish Tail 1939. Painted steel wire, sheer aluminum

5. Mercury Fountain with actual mercury, for the Spanish
Pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris.

6. Red Panel, 1936
Sheet metal, copper
tubing, wire, plywood,
string, and paint 96"
x 60"

7. Blue Feathers c. 1948

8. Big Bird c. 1934

9. Teodelapio
1962

10. Man 1967

11. La Grande Vitesse 1969

12. Flamingo c. 1973

13. Cirque Calder 1926

14. Wire sculpture of Catalan Painter

20. calder exhibit | guggenheim | 1964 |