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(kôl′dər, kŏl′-), Alexander 1898-1976.

American sculptor who created the mobile in Paris in the early 1930s and also produced immobile abstract sculptures known as stabiles.

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Calder

(ˈkɔːldə)

(Biography) Alexander. 1898–1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire)

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Cal•der

(ˈkɔl dər)

n.

Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor.

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