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Alexander Calder
American artist Alexander Calder with one of his mobiles in his Roxbury, Connecticut, studio.
Alexander Calder famously portrayed the jazz-era dancer Josephine Baker in his wire sculptures. During his time in Paris, he created sensational full-body portraits of her using his signature wire technique, which earned him the reputation as the "king of wire".1