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(Redirected from Mercury Fountain) Decorative fountain using mercury as the liquid This article is about fountains using liquid metallic mercury. For the bronze Mercury Fountain at Oxford University, see Tom Quad. For the stone statue in Mexico, see Fountain of Mercury.

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A mercury fountain is a fountain constructed for use with liquid metallic mercury ("quicksilver") rather than water.

Mercury fountains existed in some castles in Islamic Spain; the most famous one was located at the Kasr-al-Kholaifa in Córdoba.

Calder's Mercury Fountain

The most well-known modern example is a sculpture designed by the American artist Alexander Calder, commissioned by the Spanish Republican government for the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris. The artwork is a memorial to the siege of Almadén by General Franco's troops; at the time, the region supplied 60 percent of the world's mercury.

The fountain was a sculptural counterpart to Guernica, Pablo Picasso's protest against Spanish Civil War atrocities. Calder's Mercury Fountain is now at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, displayed behind glass to control toxic mercury vapors.

References

^ Jessop, Tara (2016-08-08). "Calder Mercury Fountain: The World's Most Beautiful Yet Deadly Monument". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2022-08-08.

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v t e Alexander Calder
Sculptures	Cirque Calder (1926) Mercury Fountain (1937) Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939) Snow Flurry (1948–1959) Floating Clouds (1953) The Whirling Ear (1958) The Four Elements (1961) Teodelapio (1962) The Crab (1962) Sky Hooks (1962) La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) (1965) Gwenfritz (1968) Spinal Column (1968) La Grande Vitesse (1969) Bent Propeller (1970) Eagle (1971) Four Arches (1973–1974) Flamingo (1974) Cheval Rouge (1974) Flying Dragon (1975) Intermediate Model for the Arch (1975) Saurien (1975) Calder's set for Socrate (1976) Homage to Jerusalem (1977) Mountains and Clouds (1986)
Related	Mobile Wire sculpture Alexander Stirling Calder (father) Alexander Milne Calder (grandfather) Calder Gardens

Alexander Calder

Sculptures

Cirque Calder (1926)
Mercury Fountain (1937)
Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939)
Snow Flurry (1948–1959)
Floating Clouds (1953)
The Whirling Ear (1958)
The Four Elements (1961)
Teodelapio (1962)
The Crab (1962)
Sky Hooks (1962)
La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) (1965)
Gwenfritz (1968)
Spinal Column (1968)
La Grande Vitesse (1969)
Bent Propeller (1970)
Eagle (1971)
Four Arches (1973–1974)
Flamingo (1974)
Cheval Rouge (1974)
Flying Dragon (1975)
Intermediate Model for the Arch (1975)
Saurien (1975)
Calder's set for Socrate (1976)
Homage to Jerusalem (1977)
Mountains and Clouds (1986)

v t e 1937 Paris International Exposition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life
Site Champ de Mars, Trocadéro, esplanade des Invalides and banks of the Seine. Paris
Pavilions	Grand Palais Palais de Chaillot Palace of the Museums of Modern Art Pavilion of Spain Guernica Mercury fountain The Reaper Pavilion of the USSR Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
Attractions	Eiffel Tower Naissance d'une cité Passerelle Debilly Pont Alexandre III
Urban development	Métro Line 8 Line 10 Line 14
Others	Fête des belles eaux Phare du Monde

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