"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Calder and Abstraction: From Avante-Garde to Iconic at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (November 24, 2013 - July 6, 2014).

Calder was in his twenties when he first moved to France. Now a series of new shows explores the American artist’s Gallic ties.

Prologue: "I was framed" -- Philadelphia -- Stirling and Nanette -- Father and son -- Pasadena -- Croton-on-Hudson -- The Panama-Pacific International Exposition ...

Jimmy Durante, Alexander Calder, 1928. The Lipman Family Foundation, Portola Valley, Calif. Babe Ruth, Alexander Calder, c. 1936. Calder Foundation, New York Jean ...