La Grande Vitesse

La Grande Vitesse
ArtistAlexander Calder
Year1969 (1969)
TypePainted steel
Dimensions13 m × 9.1 m × 16 m (43 ft × 30 ft × 54 ft)
LocationVandenberg Plaza, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Coordinates42°58′10″N 85°40′15″W / 42.96937°N 85.67075°W / 42.96937; -85.67075


La Grande Vitesse, a public sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, is located on the large concrete plaza surrounding City Hall and the Kent County Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Popularly referred to as simply "the Calder", since its installation in 1969 it has come to be a symbol of Grand Rapids, and an abstraction of it is included in the city's official logo.[1]

The Calder logo used on the city flag and street signs
  1. ^ "Grand Rapids, Michigan (U.S.)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.

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