Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years: 1940-1976

The concluding volume to the first biography of one of the most important, influential, and beloved twentieth-century sculptors, and one of the greatest artists in the cultural history of America—is a vividly written, illuminating account of his triumphant later years.

The second and final volume of this magnificent biography begins during World War II, when Calder—known to all as Sandy—and his wife, Louisa, opened their home to a stream of artists and writers in exile from Europe. In the po...