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When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village-- along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn-- his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

Describes the life and career of twentieth-century artist Alexander Calder and includes illustrations of a variety of his worksand a guide to his sculptures in museums and public spaces.

Examines the life and work of the twentieth-century artist Alexander Calder, famous for creating the moving sculptures known as mobiles.

Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America's unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist's death, is the full story of his life being told in this biography,which is based on unprecedented access to Calder's letters and papers as well as scores of interviews. Jed Perl shows...

Multum in Parvo highlights the complex relationship between scale and size in the oeuvre of Alexander Calder (18981976) over a period of more than 30 years. As its title--translating to much in little--implies, the volume features over 40 rare small-scale sculptures, ranging from the size of a thumb to 30 inches tall, all of which feature the same physical qualities as Calders largest mobiles in the most miniature of detail. In addition to archival...

Provides a brief overview of the life and work of the American sculptor.