Morning Star
Alexander Calder's Morning Star is a quintessential stabile from the mid twentieth century, featuring a bold black metal tripod base supporting an elegant arrangement of wire rods terminating in painted spheres of red, brown, yellow, and black. The title evokes celestial imagery, with each orb seemingly suspended in space like a planet or star in a miniature cosmos. This freestanding sculpture exemplifies Calder's mastery of balancing industrial materials with a sense of playfulness and organic dynamism, making it a highly desirable work for collectors of modern and abstract art. Its compact scale and dramatic shadow play ensure a commanding presence in any collection or interior setting.
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George Rickey
American · b. 1907
Rickey created freestanding metal sculptures using precisely balanced geometric elements on rigid bases, sharing Calder's vocabulary of industrial materials arranged into celestial and orbital compositions with a sense of suspended weightlessness.
Isamu Noguchi
American · b. 1904
Noguchi built abstract sculptures combining metal rods, wire, and painted geometric forms on tripod and stabile type bases, achieving the same balance of industrial precision and organic playfulness seen in Morning Star.
Lyman Kipp
American · b. 1929
Kipp produced boldly colored geometric metal stabiles with strong base structures supporting painted primary colored forms in space, directly echoing the visual language of Calder's freestanding tripod compositions with painted spherical and geometric elements.
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