The Crab

The Crab
Artist	Alexander Calder
Year	1962 (1962)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Steel
Subject	Crab
Dimensions	3.0 m × 6.1 m × 3.0 m (120 in × 240 in × 120 in)
Location	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates	29°43′33″N 95°23′25″W / 29.7259°N 95.390166°W / 29.7259; -95.390166Coordinates: 29°43′33″N 95°23′25″W / 29.7259°N 95.390166°W / 29.7259; -95.390166
Owner	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Crab is an outdoor 1962 painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder, installed outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas. It measures 120 inches (3.0 m) x 240 inches (6.1 m) x 120 inches (3.0 m) inches.^[1]

References

Alexander Calder

Sculptures	Cirque Calder (1926) Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939) The Four Elements (1961) Teodelapio (1962) The Crab (1962) Gwenfritz (1968) Spinal Column (1968) La Grande Vitesse (1969) Bent Propeller (1970) Eagle (1971) Flamingo (1974) Cheval Rouge (1974) Flying Dragon (1975) Calder's set for Socrate (1976) Mountains and Clouds (1986)

Related	Mobile Wire sculpture Alexander Stirling Calder (father) Alexander Milne Calder (grandfather)

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