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Blue
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Alexander
Calder, Blue Feather, c. 1948. Sheet metal,
wire, paint. 42" x 55" x 18". Private
Collection.
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©
2002 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society
(ARS), New York. Reproduced with permission of the copyright
owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited
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The
shapes in
Blue Feather have been so abstracted
that, instead of literally depicting a bird, the
piece suggests natural concepts such as floating,
soaring wind, wings, feathers, clouds. Blue
Feather combines Calder's two most important
inventions — the mobile and the stabile.
The interconnected lines and positive
shapes in the piece interact with the negative
spaces around them. The upper portion of the
sculpture moves, causing the work to change from
minute to minute.
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