Chef d'orchestre

Calder, Alexander (1898-1976)

Item type:

mobile

Date of creation:

1964

Height:

208.3 cm  (82 in.)

Width:

393.7 cm  (155 in.)

Depth:

94.0 cm  (37 in.)

Technique / Medium:

sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint

Description

In 1963, the composer Earle Brown approached Calder with an idea: Brown would orchestrate a piece of music for a percussion quartet that would be literally conducted by a mobile, for a performance commissioned by Diego Masson, director of the Théâtre de l’Atelier in Paris, and the son of Calder’s lifelong friend, the artist André Masson. Chef d'orchestra was the resulting piece, and Earle Brown’s 'Calder Piece' was premiered with the mobile in 1966.

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RIdIM record id

14717