Spring: Calder is invited to exhibit his work in Brazil. (Calder 1966, 199)

Summer: The Calders drive to the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Reno, and Lake Tahoe, where they spend two weeks with Kenneth and Peggy Hayes. While there, Louisa's mother (Louisa Cushing James) dies. They drive to Berkeley, the Hayeses' home, where the Calders leave Sandra and Mary. Calder and Louisa fly to Los Angeles and continue on to Mexico City where they stay at the Hotel Prince. They visit with Fernando Gamboa, director of the Museo de Bellas Artes, and with Luis Bunuel and his family. The next morning they fly to Panama City for a short stop. (Calder 1966, 198-199; ASCR, conversation with Mary Calder Rower, 23 October 1997)

9 September: The Calders arrive in Trinidad. (CF, passport)

10 September: From Trinidad, the Calders fly to Belem, Brazil. On the plane they meet writer John Dos Passos. (CF, passport; Calder 1966, 199)

11 September: Calder and Louisa arrive in Rio de Janeiro. (CF, passport)

September: Museu de Arte Moderna, Ministerio da Educacao, Rio de Janeiro, exhibits "Alexander Calder." The catalogue includes "Les Mobiles de Calder" by Jean-Paul Sartre (reprint), "Alexander Calder" by Henrique Mindlin, and statements by Andre Breton, Nancy Cunard, and James Johnson Sweeney. (CF, exhibition file)

October-November: Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Brazil, exhibits "Alexander Calder." (CF, exhibition file)

29 October: The Calders embark from Rio de Janeiro for the United States. (CF, passport)

November: In Berkeley, Calder and Louisa are reunited with the children. The family spends a week with the Hayes's, before driving back across country, with side trips to Sante Fe, New Mexico, and Texas. (Calder 1966, 204; CF, passport; ASCR, conversation with Mary Calder Rower, 23 October 1997)

Calder creates mobiles for Symphonic Variations, choreographed by Tatiana Leskova with music by Cesar Franck. The dance is performed in Rio de Janeiro.