Alexander Calder, the artist who redefined sculpture

One of his pieces turned up on Antiques Roadshow recently. Or at least, I saw it recently… it could have been an old rerun.

You can imagine the shock on that appraisal. The piece had just been hanging on their screened-in porch for decades, if I recall. It was rusty and a little sun-bleached, but their authorities were certain of its provenance.

Ah, here it is:

http://video.pbs.org/video/1704794500/

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