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What is a hanging mobile?
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A hanging mobile is a three-dimensional artwork that rotates or spins when the air around it moves. Art historians credit Alexander Calder with producing the first mobiles but believe the artist Marcel Duchamp named them. Find a variety of hanging mobile art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Hanging Mobile Dangling Earrings
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Nice, FR
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER hanging mobile dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring free form green enamel
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Dangle Earrings
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1960s Metal Hanging Mobile with Crown Fish and Birds
Located in San Diego, CA
1960s metal hanging kinetic mobile sculpture with crown, fish and birds elements. Could be used
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Metal Hanging Mobile, 1992
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural metal mobile signed and dated '92. Made up of 5 semi-circular metal pieces. Black, blue
Category
1990s American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
Lot 6 Vintage Ape Monkey Bojesen Style Paper Cardboard Hanging Mobile Ornaments
Located in Nuernberg, DE
your room to build your own hanging mobile. Total high of each one is given in dimensions section
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Hanging Mobile Sculpture by Jacques Jarrige ©2012
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and poetic mobile sculpture by Jacques Jarrige. Wide fascinating movement created by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Sculptures
Materials
Plywood
Black on Black Mobile Acrylic Painting 3-D Shaped Canvas, Hanging Mobile
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
hung as a mobile, the work is finished on both sides. Measures 22 3⁄4 inches in diameter x 9 inches in
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
