Calder's Circus Author:Jean Lipman Alexander Calder, creator of the mobile and the stabile, occupies a unique position as the sculptor generally considered America's greatest. His fame, and his career as a sculptor, began with his miniature Circus. Begun in the mid-twenties with just a few figures, the Circus is generally considered the germ from which grew the whole range of... more » Calder's later production.« less