Postwar Sculpture

Question 1

mobile

Answer 1

A decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air.

Question 2

stabile

Answer 2

A freestanding abstract sculpture or structure, typically of wire or sheet metal, in the style of a mobile but rigid and stationary.

Question 3

Answer 3

Alexander Calder • Gamma (1947)

Question 4

Answer 4

Alexander Calder • Flamingo (1973)

Question 5

Answer 5

David Smith • Cubi XVII (1963)