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Fertility Goddess, c. 1927

Work

Fertility Goddess

Date c. 1927
Media
Marble and pencil
Dimensions
3" × 3" × 13⁄16"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Carved Figure
Archive
Works / Carved Figure 26
Untitled (c. 1927)
Untitled, c. 1927
Untitled (c. 1927)
Untitled, c. 1927
Fertility Goddess (c. 1927)
Fertility Goddess, c. 1927
Fertility Goddess (c. 1927)
Fertility Goddess, c. 1927
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.