id: 136649 accession number: 1961.195 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.195 updated: White Loops and Red Spiral on Black Stabile, 1959. Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976). Painted steel and aluminum; overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Halle Bros. Co. 1961.195 © Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: White Loops and Red Spiral on Black Stabile title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1959 creation date earliest: 1959 creation date latest: 1959 current location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism creditline: Gift of The Halle Bros. Co. copyright: © Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: painted steel and aluminum department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: initialled and dated on one of white shapes: CA 59 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T04:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). title: Works from the Contemporary Collection opening date: 1969-07-01T04:00:00 Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 1-October 15, 1969). title: Images of the Mind opening date: 1987-07-07T04:00:00 Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987). title: Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors opening date: 1995-11-22T05:00:00 Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: Alexander Calder’s training as a mechanical engineer reinforced his lifelong interest in moving objects and inspired him to invent the mobile, a new type of sculpture that ranks among the most innovative discoveries in modern art. Calder's mobiles are often suspended from the ceiling, but here the mobile hangs on top of a black support structure. Both the spiral and irregular loops of the mobile are recurring forms in Calder's sculptural work. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES