Donated by friends, family, and students of William H. Brown Jr., Professor of Economics, in 1967, Alexander Calder's Back from Rio stands in the center of academic life. Calder is best known for his pioneering kinetic sculptures. In a 1932 essay, he wrote: "Each element [must be] able to move, to stir, to oscillate, to come and go in its relationships with the other elements in its universe. It must not be just a fleeting moment but a physical bond between the varying elements in life."
For more information about outdoor art at Swarthmore, download Art in the Garden [pdf].