Alexander Calder, Cascade, 1963
Images of Alexander Calder, Cascade

Cascade, 1963
Metal and paint
Ten elements, overall: 17 1/8 × 12 ½ in. diameter (43.5 × 31.8 cm diameter)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Bequest of Ruth S. Nath, 1998.7
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Exhibitions
- Becoming the Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander Calder–
- Short A screen capture of a YouTube video shows a small yellow mobile on a table. Above it, a person with red lips appears to blow on it.
- Short A screen capture of a YouTube video shows a small yellow mobile on a table. Above it, a person with red lips appears to blow on it.
- Heaven and Earth: Alexander Calder and Jeff Koons–
- Short Small white circles connected by thin wire balance opposite a thicker orange wire weighted by an orange rudder-like shape hanging from the edge of a white table.
- MCA DNA:Alexander Calder–
- Short A mobile sculpture resembles a cat with a red face.
- Long A standing mobile in the shape of a cat has three metal parts held together with wires and chains: a black body with a curly tail and two legs is framed by three flat white trapezoids to the left a red cat face to the right.
- Alexander Calder in Focus: Works from the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan–
- Short A mobile sculpture resembles a cat with a red face.
- Long A standing mobile in the shape of a cat has three metal parts held together with wires and chains: a black body with a curly tail and two legs is framed by three flat white trapezoids to the left a red cat face to the right.
Collection
- Alexander Calder, Snowflakes and Red Stop, 1964
- Short An intricately designed mobile consists of many spindled arms ending in small circles. Most of the circles are white, but one is red.
- Alexander Calder, Bird, c. 1952
- Short A bird sculpture with wings extended appears to be made out of found materials like a soup can and rusted wire.