Red hanging mobile on a gray background.

For his mature, wind-driven mobiles, Alexander Calder sought the random movement induced by air currents, but controlled it through carefully calibrated systems of weights and balances. This artwork is included in the exhibition The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965

Alexander Calder: Big Red

Artwork

The Whitney has more than 27,000 artworks in its collection.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

Learn more about this project

Learn more at whitney.org/artport

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