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Untitled, Alexander Calder

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考尔德

亚历山大·考尔德创作的这座超凡脱俗的动态雕塑坐落在东馆中庭，仅仅依靠空气气流就能动起来，这是因为它是采用铝而不是考尔德一直惯用的焊接钢材料制作的。考尔德曾考虑过安装马达，但由于使用的是高级的轻质材料，因此没有必要安装。尽管这座雕塑的翼幅超过 25 米，但整件作品的重量只有 417 公斤，比使用钢材料制作要轻 2 吨之多。

Untitled (Chinese)
Six black, wedgelike shapes, one dark blue arrowhead shape, and six red triangular shapes with rounded corners are connected with thin rods to form this abstract sculpture. In this photograph, we look up at the piece to where it hangs from the glass ceiling of a light-filled interior space with marble walls. The paddle-like shapes are attached to the end of the curved rods, which are linked together like branches. In our view, the black arm curves up across the top of the picture and the red arm curves down into the lower right corner, and to our left. Each red paddle is smaller as they move from the central armature to the end of the branch.
Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1976, aluminum and steel, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1977.76.1

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