Abstract Mobile by In the Manner of Alexander Calder

A red disc with a hole in it, waiting for a draft.

This abstract mobile is late 20th century work in metal, made in the manner of Alexander Calder. Calder made balance and chance movement a serious subject for abstract art, and mobiles like this are made to stand in a room and shift with the air. A blue wire rises from two arched legs and curves over at the top to hold the disc. From a slim side arm, three yellow leaf shapes fan out on fine wires. A small coral leaf and a flat coral disc complete the arrangement. Nearly five feet high and 34 inches wide.

Open a window and it starts to think things over.