Examines the life and art of American sculptor Alexander Calder, discussing his family, childhood, education, and early work experiences, and looking at his career as an artist. Includes over sixty illustrations.
Content Note
Important dinner -- Art everywhere -- Animals -- Off to work -- Major revelation -- Studying art -- Circus calls -- Paris beckons -- Wire and wood -- "Ladies and gentlemen" -- Sculpting with wire -- Celebrity arrives -- Marrying his soulmate -- Going abstract -- Mobile is born -- Major commission -- And now, the stabile -- Monumental works -- Alexander the Great.