Metal, wood, wire and string
Tate Modern
Tate Collection
Works with images
Works on display
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alexander-calder-848" aria-label="More by Alexander Calder" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Alexander Calder</a>
Mobile
Lent from a private collection 1992
abstraction
colour
irregular forms
non-representational
<p>By suspending forms that move with the flow of air, Calder revolutionised sculpture. Marcel Duchamp dubbed these works ‘mobiles’. Rather than a solid object of mass and weight, they continually redefine the space around them as they move. Calder’s subtle balance of form and colour resulted in works that suggest an animated version of paintings by friends such as Joan Miró. This very early example was acquired by Julian Trevelyan when he first got to know Calder in the early 1930s.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
sculpture metal wood wire string
28 July 2001 – 19 July 2004
2004-07-19
28 July 2001
2001-07-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-07-28
An International Abstract Art
Collection based display
21 December 2005 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
21 December 2005 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
2005-12-21
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2005-12-21
Surrealism and Beyond
Collection based display
9 November 2015 – 3 April 2016
2016-04-03
9 November 2015 – 3 April 2016
2016-04-03
2015-11-09
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2015-11-09
Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture
Exhibition
17 November 2017 – 18 June 2018
2018-06-18
17 November 2017 – 18 March 2018
2018-03-18
2017-11-17
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
28 April 2018 – 18 June 2018
2018-06-18
2018-04-28
Mead Gallery (Coventry, UK)
http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
2017-11-17
John Piper
Exhibition
17 November 2017 – 21 June 2018
2018-06-21
1 May 2018 – 21 June 2018
2018-06-21
2018-05-01
Mead Gallery (Coventry, UK)
http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
2017-11-17
John Piper
Loan-out
5 August 2019
5 August 2019
2019-08-05
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2019-08-05
Start Display
Collection based display
26 September 2019 – 5 January 2020
2020-01-05
26 September 2019 – 5 January 2020
2020-01-05
2019-09-26
Art Pavillion in Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)
2019-09-26
Alexander Calder
Loan-out
Mobile
unconfirmed: 1500 × 2000 × 2000 mm
Lent from a private collection 1992
<p>By suspending forms that move with the flow of air, Calder revolutionised <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a>. Marcel Duchamp dubbed these works ‘<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/k/kinetic-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Kinetic art'"><span>mobiles</span></a>’. Rather than a solid object of mass and weight, they continually redefine the space around them as they move. Calder’s subtle balance of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/f/form" title="Glossary definition for 'Form'"><span>form</span></a> and colour resulted in works that suggest an animated version of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> by friends such as Joan Miró. This very early example was acquired by Julian Trevelyan when he first got to know Calder in the early 1930s.</p>

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abstraction colour irregular forms non-representational