Archive
1925
New York Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Ninth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists. 6–29 March 1925.
Group Exhibition1926
Artists Gallery, New York. January 1926.
Group ExhibitionNew York Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Tenth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists. 5–28 March 1926.
Group ExhibitionAnderson Galleries, Whitney Studio Club, New York. Whitney Studio Club Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Club. 8–20 March 1926.
Group ExhibitionAnderson Galleries, New York. May 1926.
Group Exhibition1927
Galerie La Boëtie, Paris. Salon des Humoristes. 6 March–1 May 1927.
Group ExhibitionThe Galleries of Jacques Seligmann and Company, Paris. August 1927.
Solo Exhibition1928
Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, Paris. 20 January–29 February 1928.
Group ExhibitionWeyhe Gallery, New York. Wire Sculpture by Alexander Calder. 20 February–3 March 1928.
Solo ExhibitionNew York Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Twelfth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists. 9 March–1 April 1928.
Group ExhibitionThe Galleries of Jacques Seligmann and Company, Ancien Hôtel de Sagan, Paris. The Salon of American Artists. 2–13 July 1928.
Group Exhibition1929
Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris. 40e Exposition. 18 January–28 February 1929.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Billiet-Pierre Vorms, Paris. Sculptures bois et fil de fer de Alexandre Calder. 25 January–7 February 1929.
Solo ExhibitionWeyhe Gallery, New York. Wood Carvings by Alexander Calder. 4–23 February 1929.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Berlin. Alexander Calder: Skulpturen aus Holz und aus Draht. 1–15 April 1929.
Solo ExhibitionSalon des Tuileries, Paris. May 1929.
Group ExhibitionHarvard Society of Contemporary Art, Cambridge, Massachusetts. An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by the School of New York. 17 October–1 November 1929.
Group ExhibitionFifty-Sixth Street Galleries, New York. Alexander Calder: Paintings, Wood Sculpture, Toys, Wire Sculpture, Jewelry, Textiles. 2–14 December 1929.
Solo Exhibition1930
Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, Paris. 17 January–2 March 1930.
Group ExhibitionHarvard Society for Contemporary Art, Harvard Cooperative Building, Room 207, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wire Sculpture by Alexander Calder. 27 January–4 February 1930.
Solo ExhibitionGalerie G. L. Manuel Frères, Paris. 11e Salon de l’Araignée. May 1930.
Group ExhibitionParc 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.
Group Exhibition1937
Antheil Gallery, Hollywood, California. 1937.
Solo ExhibitionKunsthalle Basel. Konstruktivisten. 16 January–14 February 1937.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles. 23 February–13 March 1937.
Solo ExhibitionPavillon de la République Espagnole, Paris. L’Exposition Internationale. 24 May–26 November 1937.
Group ExhibitionHonolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii. Fantastic Art: Miró and Calder. 1–15 June 1937.
Group ExhibitionLondon Gallery, London. Constructive Art. July 1937.
Group ExhibitionMusée du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Origines et développement de l’art international indépendant. 30 July–31 October 1937.
Group ExhibitionArtek Gallery, Helsinki. Fernand Léger / Alexander Calder. 29 November–12 December 1937.
Group ExhibitionThe Mayor Gallery, London. Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles. 1–24 December 1937.
Solo Exhibition1938
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Tentoonstelling Abstracte Kunst. 2–24 April 1938.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Guggenheim Jeune, London. Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture: Brancusi, Laurens, Pevsner, Henry Moore, Duchamp-Villon, Hans Arp, Calder, Taeuber-Arp. 8 April–2 May 1938.
Group ExhibitionKatharine Kuh Gallery, Chicago. May 1938.
Group ExhibitionMusée du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Trois siècles d’art aux États-Unis. 24 May–31 July 1938.
Group ExhibitionGeorge Walter Vincent Smith Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts. Calder Mobiles. 8–27 November 1938.
Solo ExhibitionArtek Gallery, Helsinki. Alexander Calder: Jewelry. December 1938.
Solo Exhibition1939
São Paulo, Brazil. III Salão de Maio. 1939.
Group ExhibitionDivision of Decorative Arts, Department of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition, Decorative Arts. 18 February–29 October 1939.
Group ExhibitionFlushing Meadows–Corona Park (Rohm and Haas, Hall of Industrial Science), New York. New York World’s Fair. 30 April–26 October 1939.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder Mobiles–Stabiles. 9–27 May 1939.
Solo ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Art in Our Time: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition. 10 May–30 September 1939.
Group Exhibition1940
New York University, New York. Museum of Living Art; A. E. Gallatin Collection. 1940.
Group ExhibitionArchitectural League of New York. Versus. 5 March 1940.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder. 14 May–1 June 1940.
Solo ExhibitionPhiladelphia Museum of Art in collaboration with Fairmount Park Art Association. Second International Exhibition of Sculpture. 18 May–1 October 1940.
Group ExhibitionDivision of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Department of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition, Contemporary Art. 25 May–29 September 1940.
Group ExhibitionMarianne Oswald: Poetry of the Streets (1940). Selection of poetry by Jacques Prévert, Jean Cocteau, Gaston Bonheur, Jean Nohian, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jean Lenoir, and Georges Henri Clouzat; mobile accompaniment by Calder. Performed at Little Chanin Theater, New York, 6 June 1940.
Theatrical PerformanceHome of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace K. Harrison, Huntington, Long Island. 11–14 October 1940.
Solo ExhibitionWillard Gallery, New York. Calder Jewelry. 3–25 December 1940.
Solo ExhibitionInstitute of Modern Art, Boston. Plastics 1940. 20 December 1940–12 January 1941.
Group ExhibitionBuchholz Gallery, New York. Exhibition of American Sculpture To-Day. 30 December 1940–18 January 1941.
Group Exhibition