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1930
Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris. Association Artistique les Surindépendants. 25 October–24 November 1930.
Group ExhibitionThe Mansard Gallery, London. November 1930.
Solo ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans. 2 December 1930–20 January 1931.
Group Exhibition1931
Galerie Percier, Paris. Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits. 27 April–9 May 1931.
Solo ExhibitionKünstlerhaus, Berlin. July 1931.
Group ExhibitionParc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris. Association Artistique les Surindépendants. 23 October–22 November 1931.
Group Exhibition1932
Miejskie Muzeum Historji i Sztuki (Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi), Lodz, Poland. Miedzynarodowa Kolekcja Sztuki Nowoczesnej/Collection Internationale d’Art Nouveau. 1932.
Group ExhibitionParc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris. “1940.” 15 January–1 February 1932.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Vignon, Paris. Exposition de dessins. 15–28 January 1932.
Group ExhibitionThe Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. The Fifth Annual Exhibition of Modern French Painting. 7–21 February 1932.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Vignon, Paris. Calder: ses mobiles. 12–29 February 1932.
Solo ExhibitionJulien Levy Gallery, New York. Calder: Mobiles / Abstract Sculptures. 12 May–11 June 1932.
Solo ExhibitionBerliner Sommerschau, Berlin. July 1932.
Group Exhibition1933
L’Association Artistique Abstraction-Création, Paris. Première série. 19–31 January 1933.
Group ExhibitionSociedad de Cursos y Conferencias, Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid. February 1933.
Travel / PerformanceAmics de l’Art Nou, Galeries Syra, Barcelona. February 1933.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Pierre Colle, Paris. Présentation des oeuvres récentes de Calder. 16–18 May 1933.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Pierre, Paris. Arp, Calder, Miró, Pevsner, Hélion, and Seligmann. 9–24 June 1933.
Group ExhibitionBerkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Modern Painting and Sculpture: Alexander Calder, George L.K. Morris, Calvert Coggeshall, Alma de Gersdorff Morgan. 12–27 August 1933.
Group Exhibition1934
Rockefeller Center, New York. The First Municipal Art Exhibition. 28 February–31 March 1934.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 6–28 April 1934.
Solo ExhibitionThe Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. A Selection of Works by Twentieth-Century Artists. 20 June–20 August 1934.
Group ExhibitionBerkshire Playhouse, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Twenty-sixth Annual Stockbridge Exhibition. 8–23 September 1934.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition. 20 November 1934–20 January 1935.
Group Exhibition1935
The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 14–31 January 1935.
Solo ExhibitionWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. American Painting and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th & 20th Centuries. 29 January–19 February 1935.
Group ExhibitionThe Arts Club of Chicago. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 1–26 February 1935.
Solo ExhibitionKunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Thèse, antithèse, synthèse. 24 February–31 March 1935.
Group ExhibitionArt Institute of Chicago. The Fourteenth International Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels, Drawings and Monotypes. 21 March–2 June 1935.
Group ExhibitionPanorama (1935). Choreographed by Martha Graham; mobile sets designed by Calder; music by Norman Lloyd; costumes by Graham.
Theatrical PerformanceWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Abstract Art. 22 October–17 November 1935.
Group Exhibition1936
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, New York. Art of Today. 3–31 January 1936.
Group ExhibitionSocrate (1936). Music by Erik Satie (1920); mobile decor by Alexander Calder; conducted by Virgil Thomson. Performed for the First Hartford Music Festival at Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.
Theatrical PerformancePierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Mobiles and Objects by Alexander Calder. 10–29 February 1936.
Solo ExhibitionPaper Ball: Le Cirque des Chiffonniers (1936). Production design by Pavel Tchelitchew; costumes by Tchelitchew, Calder, Alice Halicka, and others; music by Nicholas Nabokov, George Antheil, and others.
Theatrical PerformanceGallery 41, Oxford, England. Abstract and Concrete: An Exhibition of Abstract Painting and Sculpture Today. 15–22 February 1936.
Group ExhibitionHorizons (1936). Choreographed by Martha Graham; mobile sets by Calder; music by Louis Horst.
Theatrical PerformanceThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cubism and Abstract Art. 2 March–19 April 1936.
Group ExhibitionGallery of Living Art at Paul Reinhardt Galleries, New York. Five Contemporary American Concretionists: Biederman, Calder, Ferren, Morris, Shaw. 9–31 March 1936.
Group ExhibitionThe Lefevre Gallery, London. Abstract and Concrete: An Exhibition of Abstract Painting and Sculpture Today. April 1936. Originated from Gallery 41, Oxford, England.
Group ExhibitionSocrate (1936). Music by Erik Satie (1920); mobile decor by Alexander Calder; conducted by Alexander Steinert. Performed for the opening of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
Theatrical PerformanceThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators. 27 April–12 September 1936.
Group ExhibitionVassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Sculpture by Alexander Calder. 5 May–8 June 1936.
Solo ExhibitionWorcester Art Museum, Massachusetts. Art of the Machine Age. 15 May–18 October 1936.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Charles Ratton, Paris. Exposition surréaliste d’objets. 22–29 May 1936.
Group ExhibitionNew Burlington Galleries, London. International Surrealist Exhibition. 11 June–4 July 1936.
Group ExhibitionSan Francisco Museum of Art. Cubism and Abstract Art. 28 July–23 August 1936. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Group ExhibitionCleveland Museum of Art. Cubism and Abstract Art. 10 October–15 November 1936. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism. 7 December 1936–17 January 1937.
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