23 July: The exhibition at Louis Carre is delayed and Calder returns to New York. He and Carre ask Sartre to write an essay for the catalogue. (Calder 1966, 189; MoMA, Calder to Valentin, 6 August)

12 August: Calder and Louisa attend the premiere of Padraic Colum's play, Balloons, with mobile sets by Calder, performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse, Maine. (AAA, Calder to Warner, July)

30 August: In a series of letters, Calder and Keith Warner begin discussing the terms of Calder forming gold jewelry for Warner's wife. Would it be a fair proposition if I asked, as recompense, that you buy me an equal amount of gold? I have been wanting to make some more things of gold for Louisa and for the kids (as "heirlooms") but never seem to be able to afford the gold. (CF, Calder to Warner, 30 August)

7 September: Calder holds a performance of Cirque Calder in the family's Roxbury home studio for his daughters. I have to show the children how to run it so that they can carry on. (AAA, Calder to Warner, 30 August)

18 September-17 November: Several works of Calder's jewelry are included in the large group exhibition "Modern Jewelry Design" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Over the next two years, the show travels to museums in fifteen different cities throughout the United States. (CF, exhibition file)

23 September: Calder returns to Paris. (CF, passport)

25 October-16 November: "Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations" is on view at Galerie Louis Carre, Paris. Henri Matisse attends the exhibition. Along with photographs by Matter, the catalogue includes two essays--Sartre's "Les Mobiles de Calder" and Sweeney's "Alexander Calder." (CF, exhibition file)

19-30 November: Calder sails from Le Havre to New York on the John Ericsson. (Calder 1966, 194; CF, passport)

12 February: The Miros and their daughter, Dolores, arrive in the United States. Calder meets them at La Guardia Airport and "installs them" in an apartment on First Avenue. (AAA, Calder to Warner, 15 February)

Before 7 March: The Miros arrive at the Calders' home in Roxbury for a visit. (SM, Miro to Sandberg, 7 March)