Best known for his abstract mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was also a prolific portraitist who created hundreds of likenesses over the course of his lifetime. An exhibition of ...

Like clouds ambling overhead or waves lumbering toward shore, Alexander Calder’s large-scale mobiles captivate, which may explain why riffs on his famous invention have become fixtures in baby ...

Best known for his abstract mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was also a prolific portraitist. In addition to paintings and drawings, this unprecedented exhibition features Calder's ...

Jimmy Durante, Alexander Calder, 1928. The Lipman Family Foundation, Portola Valley, Calif. Babe Ruth, Alexander Calder, c. 1936. Calder Foundation, New York Jean ...

Best known for his abstract mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was also a prolific portraitist. The American artist’s work in this genre is largely overlooked and a new exhibition at ...

“Portrait of Mary Batsell” (1963) is a pencil drawing by Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) of Mary Batsell, a friend of the artist who he met at a tea party held by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s ...

13.5 x 18 in. (34.3 x 45.7 cm.) Gifted to Polly Clapp, CT 1974, from the above Through descent in the family to Christopher Clapp, Woodbury, CT, 1979, from the above From Estate of Christopher Clapp ...

But little has been made of Calder’s prolific work as a portraitist — working in both ink on paper and with 3-D bent-wire sculptures. The National Portrait Gallery highlights these lesser-known but ...