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1930–1936

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Calder with jewelry hanging on the wall, 7 Villa Brune studio (1930)
Calder with jewelry hanging on the wall, 7 Villa Brune studio, Paris, November 1930Photograph by Thérèse Bonney © Estate of Thérèse Bonney / Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Calder with jewelry hanging on the wall, 7 Villa Brune studio, Paris, November 1930
Photograph by Thérèse Bonney
Calder with Old Bull (1930)
Calder with Old Bull and an oil painting, 7 Villa Brune studio, Paris, November 1930Photograph by Thérèse Bonney © Estate of Thérèse Bonney / Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Calder with Old Bull and an oil painting, 7 Villa Brune studio, Paris, November 1930
Photograph by Thérèse Bonney
Féminité (1930)
Féminité, c. 1930Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Féminité, c. 1930
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Sheppard Vogelgesang (1931)
Sheppard Vogelgesang (1928), 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Sheppard Vogelgesang (1928), 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Object with Red Discs (1931)
Object with Red Discs, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Object with Red Discs, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Monsieur Loyal and Fanni, the Belly Dancer act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Portrait of Calder (c. 1931)
Portrait of Calder, c. 1931Photograph by Man Ray © Man Ray
Portrait of Calder, c. 1931
Photograph by Man Ray
Spear Thrower act and Cowboy 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
Cirque Calder (1931)
Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931Photograph by Brassaï © Estate Brassaï - RMN
Sword Swallower 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
Calder’s 1930 oil paintings (1931)
Calder's 1930 oil paintings, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Calder’s 1930 oil paintings, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Femme couchée dans la forêt (1931)
Femme couchée dans la forêt (1929), 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Femme couchée dans la forêt (1929), 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Femme couchée dans la forêt (1931)
Femme couchée dans la forêt (1929), 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Femme couchée dans la forêt (1929), 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Untitled (1931)
Untitled, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Untitled, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Monsieur Loyal and the Lion Tamer and Elephant acts from Cirque Calder (1926–31), Paris, c. 1931
Photograph by Brassaï
Object with Red Ball (1931)
Object with Red Ball, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Object with Red Ball, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Sphérique IIII (1931)
Sphérique IIII, c. 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Sphérique IIII, c. 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Arc I (1931)
Arc I, c. 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Arc I, c. 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Musique de Varèse (1931)
Musique de Varèse, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Musique de Varèse, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Lioness (1931)
Lioness (1929), c. 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Lioness (1929), c. 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Untitled (c. 1931)
Untitled, c. 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Untitled, c. 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Densité I (c. 1931)
Densité I, c. 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Densité I, c. 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Sheppard Vogelgesang (1931)
Sheppard Vogelgesang (1928), 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Sheppard Vogelgesang (1928), 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Massimo Campigli and Edgar Varèse (1931)
Massimo Campigli (c. 1930) and Edgar Varèse (c. 1930), 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Massimo Campigli (c. 1930) and Edgar Varèse (c. 1930), 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Croisière (1931)
Croisière, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Croisière, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Gémissement Oblique (1931)
Gémissement Oblique, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Gémissement Oblique, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Calder in his studio at 14 rue de la Colonie (1931)
Calder in his studio at 14 rue de la Colonie, Paris, fall 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Calder in his studio at 14 rue de la Colonie, Paris, fall 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits (1931)
Exterior photograph, Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits, Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Exterior photograph, Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits, Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits (1931)
Installation photograph, Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits, Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Installation photograph, Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits, Galerie Percier, Paris, 1931
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Untitled (c. 1932)
Untitled, c. 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Untitled, c. 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Calder jewelry (1932)
Calder jewelry, c. 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Calder jewelry, c. 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Double Arc and Sphere (1932)
Double Arc and Sphere, 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Double Arc and Sphere, 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Calder jewelry (1932)
Calder jewelry, c. 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Calder jewelry, c. 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Cadre rouge (1932)
Cadre rouge, 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Cadre rouge, 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Dancing Torpedo Shape (1932)
Dancing Torpedo Shape, 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Dancing Torpedo Shape, 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Calder jewelry (1932)
Calder jewelry, c. 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Calder jewelry, c. 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Calder’s studio at 14 rue de la Colonie (1933)
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 © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
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
Cône d’ébène (1933)
Cône d'ébène, 1933Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Cône d’ébène, 1933
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Machine motorisée (1933)
Machine motorisée set in motion, 1933Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Machine motorisée set in motion, 1933
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
Untitled (1933)
Untitled, 1933Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Untitled, 1933
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Cadre rouge (1934)
Cadre rouge, 1932Photograph by Marc Vaux © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection
Cadre rouge, 1932
Photograph by Marc Vaux
Steel Fish (1934)
Calder with Steel Fish, Roxbury, 1934Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Steel Fish, Roxbury, 1934
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Fernand Léger (1934)
Fernand Léger with Fernand Léger (1930), 1934Photograph by Walter Limot © AKG Images / Walter Limot
Fernand Léger with Fernand Léger (1930), 1934
Photograph by Walter Limot
Calder, Roxbury icehouse studio (1936)
Calder, Roxbury icehouse studio, 1936Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder, Roxbury icehouse studio, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Calder, Roxbury icehouse studio (1936)
Calder, Roxbury icehouse studio, 1936Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder, Roxbury icehouse studio, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Well Sweep (1936)
Well Sweep at James Thrall Soby's home in Farmington, Connecticut, 1936Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Well Sweep at James Thrall Soby’s home in Farmington, Connecticut, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Calder with Untitled, Roxbury icehouse studio (1936)
Calder with Untitled, Roxbury icehouse studio, 1936Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Untitled, Roxbury icehouse studio, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Calder wearing a headdress in James Thrall Soby’s living room, Farmington, Connecticut (1936)
Calder wearing a headdress in James Thrall Soby's living room, Farmington, Connecticut, 1936Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder wearing a headdress in James Thrall Soby’s living room, Farmington, Connecticut, 1936
Photograph by James Thrall Soby
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder in his New York City storefront studio (1936)
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder in his New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder working on Swizzle Sticks (1936)
Calder working on Swizzle Sticks, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder working on Swizzle Sticks, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder and Pierre Matisse (1936)
Calder and Pierre Matisse, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder and Pierre Matisse, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Tightrope (1936)
Pierre Matisse and Calder with Tightrope, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Pierre Matisse and Calder with Tightrope, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Pierre Matisse and Calder (1936)
Pierre Matisse and Calder with Tightrope, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
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 (1936)
Calder with the frame for Snake and the Cross, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with the frame for Snake and the Cross, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Swizzle Sticks (1936)
Swizzle Sticks, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Swizzle Sticks, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Wall panel sculpture and standing mobile (1936)
Wall panel sculpture and standing mobile, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Wall panel sculpture and standing mobile, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Little Yellow Panel (1936)
Little Yellow Panel, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Little Yellow Panel, 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
Object Ordurier (1936)
Part of Object Ordurier, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Part of Object Ordurier, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Untitled, New York City storefront studio (1936)
Untitled, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Ruby-Eyed (1936)
Ruby-Eyed, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Ruby-Eyed, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder’s New York City storefront studio (1936)
New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter