Devil Fish
Alexander Calder
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Date:1937 -
Style:Abstract Art, Surrealism -
Period:PUBLIC COMMISSIONS AND THE WAR: 1937–1945 -
Theme:Stabile -
Genre:sculpture, stabile
Devil Fish
Alexander Calder
Counterpoint to his mobiles, Calder created many stabiles, composed of intersecting shaped planes of bolted sheet metal, often painted a single color. Devil Fish was the first larger-scale stabile Calder made. By forming combinations of curved biomorphic shapes, Calder creates a swirling sense of motion, even in a static sculpture such as this. Later stabiles combined both organic and geometric forms.
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