Lines of flow n.4 

Lines of flow n.4 is a tapestry by Alexander Calder, an American artist who worked primarily in sculpture but also created paintings, drawings, and tapestries. Calder came to maturity as an artist in the interwar period, when the art world was reckoning with abstraction. His work often features simple, bold shapes and colors, as seen here with the red and black elements against a neutral background. There's an intriguing combination of organic and geometric forms, like a red four-petaled flower and a black crescent moon. The falling lines evoke a sense of movement, and the piece as a whole seems to capture a fleeting moment in time, a sense of constant change. Calder's work breaks with traditional sculpture and tapestry, and his interest in kineticism translates beautifully to this woven form. It’s a deceptively simple piece that reveals a real tension between stillness and motion, much like the flux we experience in our daily lives.