“A Calder mobile? No, more like a Mahler.”
“Marco Mahler, a sculptor specializing in modern art mobiles and hanging kinetic art commissions, has created 32 airy mobile creations that seem like they are floating in space. Some are colorful and bold while others are more simple and elegant.”
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Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder
Mobile 79 featured in Jenn Ski’s Home Studio on Apartment Therapy
Mobile 79 featured in Jenn Ski‘s Home Studio on Apartment Therapy:
Brown University’s Fusion Dance Company’s Spring Show – Music by Marco Mahler
Fusion Dance Company’s 29th Annual Spring Show
March 9-11, 2012
Brown University, Providence RI
Choreographed by Michelle Le
“Hike The Lake” by Marco Mahler
Sarah Cho, Cameron Donald, Hannah Duron, Sarah Friedland, Michelle Le, Elise Miller, Rory Macfarlane, Anthony Rivera
Mobile 87 as Baby Mobile or Crib Mobile
I received the photo on the left from a happy customer the other day showing Mobile 87 as a baby mobile or crib mobile. The photo on the right shows what Henry is seeing. All five parts of this mobile can rotate independently full circle, which captivates especially small children’s attention. We have one of these hanging in our house and our kids love to give it a push and watch it spin. See more of my contemporary acrylic glass mobiles.
Original Calder Mobiles For Sale
I’m a kinetic sculptor specializing in mobiles. As such, I stay on top of any news regarding Alexander Calder‘s body of work and include anything that I believe to be significant on my blog, my Twitter feed and my Facebook page.
As of March 2022, 45 sculptures by Alexander Calder are sold on average each year with an average price of $2M, 16% over estimate.
[Update: Calder’s hanging mobile sculpture Untitled (circa 1947) will be for sale at Christie’s in London on March 5th 2025]
[Update: Calder’s standing mobile sculpture Polychrome Six from 1973 will be for sale at Sotheby’s in Paris on December 4th 2024]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Three Discs in the Air and Red from 1961 will be for sale at Christie’s in New York on November 22nd 2024]
[Update: Calder’s hanging mobile sculpture Sumac VI from 1952 will be for sale at Christie’s in New York on November 19th 2024]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Blue Among Yellow and Red from 1963 will be for sale at Christie’s in New York on November 19th 2024]
[Update: Calder’s hanging mobile sculpture Arrows with Blue Tail from 1949 will be for sale at Sotheby’s in Paris on October 18th 2024]
[Update: Alexander Calder’s standing mobile sculpture Blue Moon from 1962 will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on May 15th 2024]
[Update: An untitled Calder mobile will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on May 16th 2023]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Black Disc with Flags will be for sale at Christie’s in New York on March 9th 2023]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Sixteen Black with a Loop will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on November 14th 2022]
[Update: Mobile from Calder’s famed Snow Flurry series could fetch $14.5 Million at auction on May 18th 2022 – it sold for US$15.64 Million]
[Update: Calder’s 1949 hanging mobile Untitled will be for sale at Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction on November 16th 2021]
[Update: Calder’s mobiles Big Red Disc and Untitled will be for sale at Christie’s in London on June 30th 2021]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Submarine Christmas Tree from 1947 will be for sale at Christie’s in London on March 23rd 2021]
[Update: Calder’s standing mobile Untitled (Demi-cône) from 1972 is up for bidding at Artsy until March 11th 2021]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Mariposa from 1951 will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on Dec 8th 2020]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Sumac 17 from 1955 will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on Oct 28th 2020]
[Update: Calder’s standing mobile Triple Cross (1947) will be for sale at Hindman’s Postwar and Contemporary Art sale on Oct 1st 2020]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Une Lune Bleue will be for sale at Christie’s in London on July 10th 2020]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Occhio Giallo will be for sale at Sotheby’s in NYC on June 30th 2020]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Mobile Noir Et Rouge will be for sale at Sotheby’s in NYC on November 15th 2019]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Roxbury Front will be for sale at Sotheby’s in NYC on November 14th 2019]
[Update: Calder’s mobile sculpture Little Black will be for sale at Christie’s in NYC on November 14th 2019]
[Update: Original Calder mobile Red, Blue and White will be for sale at Christie’s in NYC on November 13th 2019]
[Update: Calder’s standing mobile Two Moons will be for sale at Phillips in London on June 27th 2019]
[Update: Alexander Calder’s hanging sculpture Fish will be for sale at Christie’s in NY on May 15th 2019]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Polychrome from One to Eight will be for sale at Christie’s in NY on May 15th 2019]
[Update: Standing mobile Glassy Insect for sale at Sotheby’s in London on March 5th 2019]
[Update: Hanging mobile Various Shapes, Colors, Planes for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on May 16th 2018]
[Update: Original Calder Mobiles for sale at Art Basel Miami Beach December 7th to 10th 2017]
[Update: 5 Original Calder Mobiles for sale (suspended and standing) at Christie’s on November 16th 2017]
[Update: Mobiles Fourteen Black Leaves and Untitled for sale at Sotheby’s in London on October 5th 2017]
[Update: One hanging and two standing Calder mobiles at Sotheby’s auction in NY on May 19th 2017]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Two Red Petals in the Air will be for sale at Phillips in NY on May 18th 2017]
[Update: Three hanging and two standing Calder mobiles at Christie’s auction in NY on May 18th 2017]
[Update: Large Calder Mobile “Black Lace” (1947) for sale at upcoming Sotheby Auction March 8th 2017]
[Update: Original Hanging Mobile by Alexander Calder Will Be for Sale at Phillips in New York on Nov 16th 2016]
[Update: Three Standing Mobiles by Alexander Calder Will Be for Sale at Christie’s in New York on Nov 16th 2016]
[Update: One Hanging and One Standing Mobile by Calder Will Be for Sale at Christie’s in New York on Nov 15th 2016]
[Update: 9 Original Calder Works Coming to Auction for the first time at Christie’s in New York on May 10th 2016]
[Update: Two standing and one hanging mobile by Calder will be for sale at Christie’s in London on Feb 11th 2016]
[Update: Seven sculptures by Calder will be for sale at Christie’s in New York on Nov 10th 2015]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Two Red Petals In The Air will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on Nov 4th 2015]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Little Red Face will be for sale at Christie’s in London on Oct 16th 2015]
[Update: Three original Calder mobiles for sale at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on Sept 12th 2015]
[Update: Four original Calder mobiles will be for sale at Christie’s in New York on May 13 & 14 2015]
[Update: Two original Calder mobiles will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on May 12 & 13 2015]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Untitled (1969) will be for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on Feb 10th 2015]
[Update: Two original Calder mobiles for sale at Sotheby’s in Paris Dec 2nd 2014]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Black Crescent sold in September 2014 at a private sale for an estimated $10.6 million]
[Update: Calder’s mobile Black Crescent will be auctioned Fall 2014]
[Update: Two original Calder mobiles for sale on May 13th 2014]
[Update: Iconic 1960 Calder mobile from a private collection on offer on November 12 2013]
[Update: Christie’s will have four Calder mobiles for sale on May 15th 2013]
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction on March 9th 2012 will include an original Alexander Calder mobile. Made with painted metal and wire in circa 1973, the same year he made the impressive, large (53 foot/16 m tall) Flamingo sculpture in Chicago (pictured below). The hanging mobile is almost one cubic foot big and signed, it is estimated to go for 200,000 to 300,000 USD [Update March 10th: it sold for 422,500 USD].
Besides auctions, also check the listings at Artsy for original Calder mobiles for sale.
If you’re looking for more affordable mobiles, consider commissioning me for a custom mobile like the following ones:
Alexander Calder’s mobile Mariposa which sold on December 8th 2020 for US$18,188,400:
The above mentioned Flamingo sculpture by Calder in Chicago:
Calder at the Pace Gallery
More than a dozen pieces by Alexander Calder will go on display on Friday (October 20th 2011) at the
Bert Jansch – 1943-2011
Greater Yellowstone Coalition – Wolves
“Hike The Lake” by Marco Mahler starts at 0:45
Learn about the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park. Wildlife stock footage graciously provided by Bob Landis | Landis Wildlife Films
Music
Seaport Window | David Merson Hess
Hike the Lake | Marco Mahler
Never Forget | Peterloo Massacre
Produced by ColorBURN Productions 2011
Calder Art Mobile on Google
Google is commemorating the 113th birthday of sculptor Alexander Calder with a new doodle today that replaces the company logo with one of Calder’s art mobile sculptures. If you missed it, here’s a video:
Even though I pride myself in having my own unique original style of art mobiles, I wouldn’t be making them if it wasn’t for Alexander Calder. If you don’t know anything about him, Alexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist most famous for his mobile sculptures. In addition to modern art mobile and kinetic sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects. Read more about him …
Here are some of my favorite Alexander Calder quotes:
“When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.”
“The universe is real but you can’t see it. You have to imagine it. Once you imagine it, you can be realistic about reproducing it.”
“That others grasp what I have in mind seems unessential, at least as long as they have something else in theirs.”
“I think best in wire.”
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