Archive
Life period
1930–1936
Type
Historical Photos 114
See highlights from 1930–1936 on the timeline Shift to Abstraction
Calder with jewelry hanging on the wall, 7 Villa Brune studio, Paris, November 1930
Photograph by Thérèse Bonney
Calder with Old Bull and an oil painting, 7 Villa Brune studio, Paris, November 1930
Photograph by Thérèse Bonney
Monsieur Loyal and Fanni, the Belly Dancer act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Two Acrobats and Rigoulot, the Strong Man, Weight Lifter from the Weight Lifter act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Two Acrobats and Rigoulot, the Strong Man, Weight Lifter from the Weight Lifter act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Monsieur Loyal and Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Monsieur Loyal and the Lion Tamer and Elephant acts from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Exterior photograph, Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits, Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Installation photograph, Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits, Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
14 rue de la Colonie studio, Paris, 1933. From top: View of Untitled (1932), A Merry Can Ballet, and a gong.
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Jean Hélion’s studio, Impasse Nansouty, Paris, 1933. Clockwise from top left: Jean Hélion, Anatole Jakovski, Louisa Calder, William Einstein, and Calder.
Photograph by Jean Blair-Hélion
Installation photograph, Mobiles by Alexander Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1934Photograph by DeWitt Ward
Well Sweep at James Thrall Soby’s home in Farmington, Connecticut, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Calder wearing a headdress in James Thrall Soby’s living room, Farmington, Connecticut, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Pierre Matisse and Calder with Tightrope, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Pierre Matisse and Calder with Tightrope, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Frame for Snake and the Cross in an earlier configuration, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder with the frame for Snake and the Cross, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Wall panel sculpture and standing mobile, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Devil Fish (1937, before completion), Tightrope, and Elephant, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder with White Panel and Devil Fish (1937, before completion), New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
White Panel and Devil Fish (1937, before completion), New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
White Panel, Devil Fish (1937, before completion), Untitled, Stabile, and Tightrope, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Untitled (1935), Tightrope, and Untitled (maquette), New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter