In the early 1930s, Calder’s mobiles provided a dynamic, new experience of sculpture that incorporated movement, activating their architectural settings and inviting viewers’ engagement. French philosopher and writer, Jean-Paul Sartre, once wrote that a Calder mobile is "a pure stream of movement in the same way as there are pure streams of light."” In this video, the High Museum’s Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, Claudia Einecke, talks about this amazing work of art and gives a peek into its fascinating history.

See Alexander Calder’s Untitled in Calder-Picasso on view through September 19.

Alexander Calder
American, 1898–1976
Untitled, 1947
Sheet metal, wire and paint
Gift of Carroll Thompson Sanders in memory of her husband, Professor Walter Benjamin Sanders, 1978.136
© Calder Foundation, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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