stabile

/ˈsteɪˌbil/

UK: /ˈsteɪ.baɪl/

stabile

English Noun

Definition

abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.

Etymology

Coined by German-French artist Jean Arp in 1932 from Latin stabilis (“firmly fixed or established”) to describe the stationary works of Alexander Calder as opposed to his better known mobiles.