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The White Frame (1934) set in motionPhotograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The White Frame (1934) set in motion
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Hourglass (1941), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Hourglass (1941), 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Morning Star (1943), Roxbury, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Morning Star (1943), Roxbury, 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Lion Tamer and Lion from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Lion Tamer and Lion from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder's dressing bureau, with jewelry made by Calder, and André Masson's poem, The Studio of Alexander Calder, Roxbury house bedroom, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Louisa Calder’s dressing bureau, with jewelry made by Calder, and André Masson’s poem, The Studio of Alexander Calder, Roxbury house bedroom, 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Uncomfortable Face (1928), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Uncomfortable Face (1928), 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Black Thing (1941), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Black Thing (1941), 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Red Post Black Leaves at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Red Panel (1936) is in the background.Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman
Calder with Red Post Black Leaves at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Red Panel (1936) is in the background.
Photograph by Arnold Newman

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunam
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph of Fables of Aesop, According to Sir Roger L'Estrange (1931), Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph of Fables of Aesop, According to Sir Roger L’Estrange (1931), Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Untitled (1934), Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Untitled (1934), Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Opening for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 1943. From left to right: Herbert Matter, Marianne Moore, Fernand Léger, Martha Graham, and Calder.Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA
Opening for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 1943. From left to right: Herbert Matter, Marianne Moore, Fernand Léger, Martha Graham, and Calder.

Photo collage of Calder inside toy car (c. 1940), Arts in Therapy, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Photo collage of Calder inside toy car (c. 1940), Arts in Therapy, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Eucalyptus (1940) at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman
Calder with Eucalyptus (1940) at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Arnold Newman

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunam
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunam
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Photograph of Praying Mantis (1936) for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Photograph of Praying Mantis (1936) for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1944Photograph by Eric Schaal © Life Magazine
Calder, Roxbury studio, 1944
Photograph by Eric Schaal

Calder with daughters Mary and Sandra Calder, New York, 1944Photograph by Genevieve Naylor
Calder with daughters Mary and Sandra Calder, New York, 1944Photograph by Genevieve Naylor

Calder with Red Disc and Gong (1940) and Untitled (c. 1940), Roxbury studio, 1944Photograph by Eric Schaal © Life Magazine
Calder with Red Disc and Gong (1940) and Untitled (c. 1940), Roxbury studio, 1944
Photograph by Eric Schaal

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Origins of Modern Sculpture, City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1946Photograph © Piaget Saint Louis
Installation photograph, Origins of Modern Sculpture, City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1946Photograph © Piaget Saint Louis

Portrait of Calder, 11 December 1946Photograph by Irving Penn © The Irving Penn Foundation
Portrait of Calder, 11 December 1946
Photograph by Irving Penn

The Calder Family, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The Calder Family, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Small standing mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Small standing mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra and Mercedes and Alexander Matter, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Louisa Calder with daughter Sandra and Mercedes and Alexander Matter, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Mary Calder, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Mary Calder, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, Giraffe, and Untitled, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, Giraffe, and Untitled, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Black Tulip (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Black Tulip (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Little Parasite, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Little Parasite, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Myrtle Burl (1941), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Myrtle Burl (1941), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Mobile Q, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Mobile Q, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Armada (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Armada (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Elements, wires, lines for elevating mobiles, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Moths I, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Moths I, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Red Lily, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Red Lily, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Blizzard (1946), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Bougainvillier, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Root, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Root, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Root, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Root, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Laocoön, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Monocle, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Monocle, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Monocle, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Monocle, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Tentacles, Roxbury, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Tentacles, Roxbury, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Petit Mobile (1940), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Petit Mobile (1940), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Standing mobile with tools, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Standing mobile with tools, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder working on the pierced disc of Bougainvillier, Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Installation photograph, Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines, Palais des Papes à Avignon, France, 1947Photograph by Joaquin Gomis © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fonds Cahiers d'art
Installation photograph, Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines, Palais des Papes à Avignon, France, 1947
Photograph by Joaquin Gomis

Calder with The General Sherman (1945), 1947Photograph by Carl Van Vechten © Carl Van Vechten
Calder with The General Sherman (1945), 1947
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947Photograph by Adolph Studly © Adolph Studly
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1947
Photograph by Adolph Studly

Calder with Jackson Pollock, East Hampton, c. 1948Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Jackson Pollock, East Hampton, c. 1948
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder installing International Mobile, Third International Exhibition of Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949Photograph by Herbert Gehr © Life Magazine
Calder installing International Mobile, Third International Exhibition of Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949
Photograph by Herbert Gehr

Installation photograph, Calder, Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 1949Photograph by George M. Cushing Jr.
Installation photograph, Calder, Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 1949Photograph by George M. Cushing Jr.

Calder and Louisa Calder dancing on the ship Ile de France, 1950Photograph by Louis Hamon
Calder and Louisa Calder dancing on the ship Ile de France, 1950Photograph by Louis Hamon

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder, Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Toaster (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Toaster (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sun and moon from Happy as Larry (1949), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Sun and moon from Happy as Larry (1949), Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder wearing Mask (c. 1945), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder wearing Mask (c. 1945), Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled (Campigli, 1930), Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (Campigli, 1930), Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder's storage shelves with necklace, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder’s storage shelves with necklace, Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder's desk, Roxbury studio, 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder’s desk, Roxbury studio, 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter