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His need for fantasy broke the connection; he started to "play" with his materials: wood, plaster, iron wire, especially iron wire...a time both picturesque and witty..

— Fernand Leger

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "His need for fantasy broke the connection; he started to "play" with his materials: wood, plaster, iron wire, especially iron wire...a time both picturesque and witty.." in the context of "Fernand Leger (1931), in 'Introduction to Alexander Calder: Volumes- Vecteurs- Densites / Dessins..', Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Alexander Calder

About Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder (August 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, a type of Kinetic art made with delicately balanced or suspended components which move in response to motor power or air currents.