Archive
Life period
1937–1945
Type
Historical Photos 260
See highlights from 1937–1945 on the timeline Public Commissions and the War

Calder with Dolores, Pilar, and Joan Miró, Varengeville, summer 1937Photograph by Hans Hartung © Hans Hartung / ADAGP, Paris
Calder with Dolores, Pilar, and Joan Miró, Varengeville, summer 1937
Photograph by Hans Hartung

Installation photograph showing Hi! (c. 1928), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Hi! (c. 1928), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Devil Fish, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Devil Fish, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Starfish (1934), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Starfish (1934), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Untitled (1936), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Untitled (1936), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Tightrope (1936), White Panel (1936), and Untitled, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Tightrope (1936), White Panel (1936), and Untitled, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Untitled, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Untitled, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Snake and the Cross (1936), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Snake and the Cross (1936), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter
Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Mercury Fountain in the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World's Fair, July 1937Photograph by Hugo P. Herdeg © Christian Herdeg
Calder with Mercury Fountain in the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World’s Fair, July 1937
Photograph by Hugo P. Herdeg

Calder assembling Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, summer 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder assembling Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, summer 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

"Small shop" New York City storefront studio, winter 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
“Small shop” New York City storefront studio, winter 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder assembling Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, summer 1938. Steel Fish (1934) is pictured in the distance.Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder assembling Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, summer 1938. Steel Fish (1934) is pictured in the distance.
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with goats, Roxbury, c. 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with goats, Roxbury, c. 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Maquette for Object on Davit and two maquettes for Spherical Triangle, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Maquette for Object on Davit and two maquettes for Spherical Triangle, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder playing accordion for Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Louisa Calder playing accordion for Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Steel Fish (1934), Roxbury, c. 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Steel Fish (1934), Roxbury, c. 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, summer 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, summer 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Black Areas, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Black Areas, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Spherical Triangle, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Spherical Triangle, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair) set in motion, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) set in motion, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1937), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1937), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

The Orange Panel (1936), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The Orange Panel (1936), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Ritou (1936), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Ritou (1936), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Apple Monster, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Apple Monster, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Blue Panel (1936), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Blue Panel (1936), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder and Louisa Calder, Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder and Louisa Calder, Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with the base of Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with the base of Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Five Rods and Nine Discs (1936), Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder playing accordion, Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Louisa Calder playing accordion, Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sandra Calder, Roxbury, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Sandra Calder, Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Well Sweep (1936) at James Thrall Soby's home in Farmington, Connecticut, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Well Sweep (1936) at James Thrall Soby’s home in Farmington, Connecticut, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder and Louisa Calder having lunch with Stamo Papadaki, Roxbury, c. 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder and Louisa Calder having lunch with Stamo Papadaki, Roxbury, c. 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1938Photograph by James Thrall Soby © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1938
Photograph by James Thrall Soby

Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1949Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1949
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

The Calder Family, New York, 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The Calder Family, New York, 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1936) frozen, c. 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1936) frozen, c. 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1936) set in motion, c. 1939
Photograph by Herbert Matter

"Small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
“Small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Eucalyptus, 1940Photograph by André Kertész © Ministère de la Culture / Médiathèque de Patrimoine, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / André Kertész
Calder with Eucalyptus, 1940
Photograph by André Kertész

Untitled (maquette, 1939) and Spiny (maquette, 1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (maquette, 1939) and Spiny (maquette, 1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

The Spider, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The Spider, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sphere Pierced by Cylinders (1939), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Sphere Pierced by Cylinders (1939), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Spider (1939), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Spider (1939), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Eucalyptus, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Eucalyptus, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Leaves and Tripod (1939), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Leaves and Tripod (1939), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Red "B", "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Red “B”, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

The Hairpins (1939), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The Hairpins (1939), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

13 Spines, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
13 Spines, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Hollow Egg (1939), "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Hollow Egg (1939), “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Cage within a Cage (c. 1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Cage within a Cage (c. 1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Four Leaves and Three Petals (1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Four Leaves and Three Petals (1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Cockatoo outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Cockatoo outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (maquette, 1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (maquette, 1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Spiny (maquette, 1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Spiny (maquette, 1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Baby Spider (1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Baby Spider (1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Louisa Calder, Roxbury, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Louisa Calder, Roxbury, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Louisa Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Louisa Calder and daughter Sandra, Roxbury, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with his dog Feathers, Roxbury, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with his dog Feathers, Roxbury, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Lee Krasner wearing a Calder bracelet, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Lee Krasner wearing a Calder bracelet, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (1934), c. 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1934), c. 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Black Beast, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Black Beast, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing 13 Spines, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing 13 Spines, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing Eucalyptus, Cockatoo, The Spider, and Spider (1939), Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Eucalyptus, Cockatoo, The Spider, and Spider (1939), Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph showing The Spider, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing The Spider, Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Fred Hamilton
Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Fred Hamilton

Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Fred Hamilton
Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Fred Hamilton

Contact sheet showing Lee Krasner and Mercedes Matter modeling Calder jewelry, 1940.Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Contact sheet showing Lee Krasner and Mercedes Matter modeling Calder jewelry, 1940.
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder, Roxbury studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder, Roxbury studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter