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Calder at Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1940

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Calder
14 May–1 June 1940Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Related documents  6
Installation drawing of 13 objects in Calder (1940)
Installation drawing of 13 objects in Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Installation drawing of 13 objects in Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1940Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
13 Spines (1940)
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
Black Beast (1940)
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
Calder (1940)
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
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1940)
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
The Spider, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1940)
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
Selected works  7
Black Beast (maquette) (1939)
Black Beast (maquette), 1939
Spider (1939)
Spider, 1939
Untitled (1939)
Untitled, 1939
13 Spines (1940)
13 Spines, 1940
Eucalyptus (1940)
Eucalyptus, 1940
Black Beast (1940)
Black Beast, 1940
The Spider (1940)
The Spider, 1940
Selected publications  7

Lane, James W. “Annual Calder Mobile Parade.” Art News, vol. 38 (18 May 1940).

Magazine

McBride, Henry. New York Sun, 18 May 1940.

Newspaper

Klein, Jerome. “Fanciful Game.” New York Post, 18 May 1940.

Newspaper

“Mobiles and Stabiles.” New York Herald Tribune, 19 May 1940.

Newspaper

Devree, Howard. “A Reviewer’s Notebook.” New York Times, 19 May 1940.

Newspaper

“Circus in Wire.” Newsweek, vol. 15, no. 22 (27 May 1940).

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Magazine

“Calder’s ‘Mobiles.’” Art Digest, vol. 14, no. 17 (1 June 1940).

Magazine
Chronology  1
14 May–1 June 1940

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, presents “Calder.”

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Exhibitions / 1937–1945: Public Commissions and the War 6

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles. 23 February–13 March 1937.

George Walter Vincent Smith Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts. Calder Mobiles. 8–27 November 1938.

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder. 14 May–1 June 1940.

Willard Gallery, New York. Calder Jewelry. 3–25 December 1940.

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1937–1945
1937–1945 Public Commissions and the War

In 1937, Calder completed Devil Fish, his first stabile enlarged from a model. He received two important commissions: Mercury Fountain (1937) and Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939). His first retrospective was held in 1938 at the George Walter Vincent Smith Gallery in Springfield, Massachusetts, followed by another in 1943 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.