Calder “São Paulo” Zipper Tote Bag

This heavyweight cotton canvas tote bag features Calder's São Paolo, with Calder's signature screenprinted on back, a zippered top, and interior pocket. 

• Heavyweight Cotton Canvas
• Lined in black cotton poplin with an interior zippered pocket
  
• Webbed double handles
  
• Main compartment measures 17x18 inches (46x62 cm)
  
• Spot clean
• Made in China

Calder, who incorporated discarded and found materials into his work throughout his career, painted São Paulo on plywood recycled from a shipping crate. The plywood sheet was originally used as a rigid board to latch down a mobile for safe transportation to the artist’s solo show at the 1953 II Bienal, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo. Upon close inspection, the holes that were drilled to tie down the mobile can be seen.

 Alexander Calder, São Paulo, 1955
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