Winter: Calder stays in the apartment of his friend Paul Nitze on East Fortieth Street. At Nitze's request, he performs Cirque Calder. (Calder 1966, 107)

17 January-2 March: Calder exhibits two works at the "Salon de la Societe des Artistes Independants," Paris. (CF, exhibition file)

27 January-4 February: Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exhibits "Wire Sculpture by Alexander Calder." Calder performs Cirque Calder for the faculty and students on 31 January. (CF, exhibition file)

10 March: Calder sails for Spain on the Spanish freighter Motomar. The ship docks briefly in Malaga and Calder explores the town. Two days later, Calder debarks in Barcelona and stays at the Hotel Regina. He searches for Miro, but is unable to find him. He continues his journey by train to Paris. (Calder 1966, 108-110)

After 10 March: Calder rents a studio at 7 Villa Brune. (Calder 1966, 110)

May: Calder exhibits La Negresse in "XIe Salon de l'Araignee" at Galerie G.L. Manuel Freres, Paris. (CF, exhibition file)

23 May: Calder writes to his parents, "There is a fine bronze foundry at the end of Villa Brune--so I am going to delve into cire perdue." He casts twelve sculptures in bronze at the Fonderie Valsuani, Paris. (CF, Calder to parents, 23 May)

23 May-27 July: Calder receives an invitation from Rupert Fordham to sail to L'Ile Rousse in Corsica. They visit Antoni and Calvi on the west coast. (Calder 1966, 110-112; CF, Calder to parents, 23 May, 27 July)

Before 23 July: While in Calvi, Calder collects fragments of ancient pottery and fashions the pieces into a necklace, which he sends to his mother for her birthday. I meant to write you a birthday letter two days [ago] but I made you a necklace instead--having brought along pliers and wires, and found bits of things along the parapets of the citadel, to put into it....I have been making a lot more wire jewelry--and I think I'll really do something with it, eventually. (CF, Calder to mother, 6 August)

10 September: Calder performs Cirque Calder at 7 Villa Brune. For seating, he invites spectators to bring their own boxes. (Hayes 1977, 238)