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Librarian finds Calder toys in Berkshire Museum basement
A volunteer librarian uncovering a museum basement stash found nine small wooden and cardboard toys by Alexander Calder, thought to be junk. Experts say the pieces date from the late 1920s and mark Calder’s early experiments with motion, though not as formal art works.
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