Winter: While still in Paris, with the assistance of a jeweler called Bucci, Calder makes a gold ring that he presents to Louisa James. On their wedding day, Louisa claims this ring to be her engagement ring, and the two purchase her an additional wedding band for two dollars. I had known a little jeweler in Paris, Bucci, and he had helped me make a gold ring--forerunner of an array of family jewelry--with a spiral on top and a helix for the finger. I thought this would do for a wedding ring. But Louisa merely called this one her "engagement ring" and we had to go to Waltham, near by, and purchase a wedding ring for two dollars. (Calder 1966, 116)

2 December-20 January: Calder exhibits four wood sculptures, including Cow, in "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans," Museum of Modern Art, New York. (CF, exhibition file)

17-22 December: Calder returns to New York on the Bremen (Calder 1966, 114; AAA, postcard, Wiser to Calder)