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Alexander Calder's "Untitled" (ASL)

After studying scale models of the National Gallery’s East Building before it was completed, Alexander Calder composed the original maquette, or small three-dimensional model, of this mobile. Starting with the bottom arm and working progressively upward, he established the centering for each part before attaching it to the next higher, unfinished section. Once the model was complete, it was enlarged to 32 times its original size and was constructed from aluminum.

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