Alexander Calder

Galerie Maeght, Paris

Private collection (acquired from the above in 1977)

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A12274.

Alexander Calder was an acclaimed and influential American artist whose career spanned much of the 20th century. He developed a new method of sculpting by blending and twisting wire to create three-dimensional figures in space. Although best known for his mobiles, Calder's oeuvre also included a vast repertoire of signature paintings and drawings.

Created 3 years before his death, Plumbings IIpresents a rare departure from Calder's late monumental, abstract works. In this colourful portrayal, Calder revisits the industrial materials which inspired and informed so much of his artisticpractice.