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Events on Thursday 11 November 1976 1
1898 – 1976Alexander Calder (1898-1976)Died 11 November 1976, aged 78Alexander Calder, the American sculptor credited with inventing the mobile as an art form, died in New York City. His large-scale stabiles and hanging mobiles became fixtures in public spaces and museums worldwide. He had exhibited a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum earlier that same year.