A stabile is a stationary abstract sculpture or construction, often on a monumental scale. The artist Jean Arp coined the term stabile to describe such works by Alexander Calder, thereby opposing them to Calder's other mobile, or suspended moving, sculptures. Calder first exhibited his stabiles at the Galerie Percier in Paris in spring 1931. His Whale (1937; Museum of Modern Art, New York City) is a typical example. A number of other sculptors, such as Anthony Caro, George Rickey, and David Smith, developed their own versions of the stabile. Typically, one can think of the stabile as public art for public spaces.