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African Head, c. 1928

Work

African Head

Date c. 1928
Media
Wood
Dimensions
15 1⁄2" × 5 1⁄2" × 8"
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Charles Oppenheim, Jr., 1966 (no. 66.75.1)
Carved Figure
Archive
Works / Carved Figure 26
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Untitled (c. 1928)
Untitled, c. 1928
Related Timeline
1926–1930
1926–1930 Wire Sculpture and the Circus

Soon after moving to Paris in 1926, Calder created his Cirque Calder. Made of wire and a spectrum of found materials, the Cirque was a work of performance art that gained Calder an introduction to the Parisian avant-garde. He continued to explore his invention of wire sculpture, whereby he “drew” with wire in three dimensions the portraits of friends, animals, circus themes, and personalities of the day.