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Josephine Baker IV, by Alexander Calder, circa 1928. Wire acrobats, floating mobiles, wooden figures … Celebrating the centenary of Alexander Calder’s years living in the French capital, an exhibition presents more than 300 of his works By Nicholas Fox Weber The 71-year-old Alexander Calder was standing just outside Perls Galleries on upper Madison Avenue, looking at the terrazzo sidewalk he’d designed—a euphoric interaction of curves and grids. The occasion was a soigné charity benefit celeb...