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The BMW 3.0 CSL, with which Alexander Calder laid the foundations of the Art Car Collection in 1975, was also one of the last works he produced before his death.

And it was an extraordinarily interesting work too: as a sculptor, Calder broke free from the formal restraints imposed by the sports car and drew his own unique artistic lines.

Like his sculptures and mobiles (so named by the French Dada artist Marcel Duchamp), he used powerful colors on attractive curving expanses, which spread liberally over the roof, hood and wings.

Calder's artwork was on show the very same year at the 24-hour race at Le Mans, an event which the artist attended.

Alexander Calder died November 11, 1976, in New York City, just after supervising the installation of his largest retrospective exhibition, at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Books

Calder books:

Alexander Calder 1898-1976
Calder at Home : The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder and His Magic Mobiles
Calder Sculpture
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder, 1898-1976
Alexander Calder: The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Klaus G. Perls
Calder (Great Modern Masters)
Teodelapio: Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
The Intimate World of Alexander Calder
Calder: An Autobiography With Pictures
Calder's Universe
Alexander Calder Circus Drawings, Wire Sculpture and Toys
Calder: An Autobiography With Pictures.
Calder
Calder: Mobilist, Ringmaster, Innovator
Calder Creatures, Great and Small
Three Alexander Calders: A Family Memoir
Calder's Universe

Calder videos:

Alexander Calder (1999) VHS
Mobile: By Alexander Calder (1979) VHS
The Museum of Modern Art: Alexander Calder - Calder's Universe (1977) VHS

Links

World of Alexander Calder has been shut down by calder.org.

Alexander Calder feature from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Alexander Calder has Snake on Arch and a brief profile.

Web Portrait of Alexander Calder is a comprehensive resource for sculptors and Alexander Calder with lots of links.

Alexander Calder on the Internet from Artcyclopedia.

National Gallery of Art has a Virtual Tour. Requires Quicktime.

Alexander Calder Stamps USA postage stamps.

American Masters special on PBS.

Alexander Calder timeline.

Alexander Calder artist portfolio from Absolutearts.com.

Many galleries have Calder's works for sale:

Alexander Calder (1897-1976) from Culture Vulture.

Alexander Calder creative quotations.

ALEXANDER CALDER bio from Art Cult.

Alexander Calder brief bio.

Storm King Art Center has The Arch (1975).

Joslyn Art Museum fact sheet.

With this invitation to Ben Shahn, Calder enclosed a map to his home that is reminiscent of his mobiles.

Alexander Calder's Flamingo graces Chicago, USA, and is the winner of the IALD Award.

Bunker Hill in Los Angeles has the Four Arches sculpture.

Alexander Calder is a review of the National Gallery of Art exhibit.

Alexander Calder Oral History Interview from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

Alexander Calder compositions from the Mattatuck Museum.

High-Wire Acts of Art is a review accompanying an exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art.

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