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        "tombstone": "White Loops and Red Spiral, 1959. Alexander Calder (American, 1898\u20131976). 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.a. \u00a9 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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        "title": "White Loops and Red Spiral",
        "creation_date": "1959",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Sculpture",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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                "inscription": "initialled and dated on one of white shapes:  CA 59",
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                    "description": "CMA:  Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969",
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        "description": "Alexander Calder\u2019s 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.",
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            {
                "citation": "Calder, Alexander, Robert M\u00fcller, Reg Butler, and William D. Wixom. \u201cThree Contemporary Sculptures.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 49, no. 3 (March 1962): 60\u201363.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 60-61, fig. 1",
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "White Loops and Red Spiral on Black (base)"
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:49:43.281000"
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