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Calder

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Cal·der  (kôldr, kl-), Alexander 1898-1976.
American sculptor who created the mobile in Paris in the early 1930s and also produced immobile abstract sculptures known as stabiles.
Calder [ˈkɔːldə]
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(Biographies / Calder, Alexander (1898-1976) M, US, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) Alexander. 1898-1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire).
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Noun1.Calder - United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder and His Magical Mobiles Jean Lipman with Margaret Aspinwall Hudson Hills Press PO Box 205, 3556 Main Street, Manchester, VT 05254 9780933920170, $24.
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The American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is best known for his mobiles—hanging sculptures fashioned from impeccably poised lengths of wire and thin metal plates, usually colored black and red.
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