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Constellation with Sundial, 1943

Work

Constellation with Sundial

Date 1943
Media
Wood, wire, and paint
Dimensions
24" × 28 1⁄3" × 20 7⁄8"
Collection
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Gift of the Artist, 1966
Constellation, Stabile
Historical Photos  4
Constellation with Sundial (1943)
Constellation with Sundial, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Constellation with Sundial, 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Drawing of Constellation with Sundial related to Calder: Constellationes (1943)
Drawing of Constellation with Sundial related to Calder: Constellationes, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1943Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Drawing of Constellation with Sundial related to Calder: Constellationes, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1943Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Inventory drawing of Constellation with Sundial (1946)
Inventory drawing of Constellation with Sundial (1943), 1946Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
Inventory drawing of Constellation with Sundial (1943), 1946
Calder Foundation, New York
Constellation with Sundial (1946)
Installation photograph showing Constellation with Sundial (c. 1943), Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946
Installation photograph showing Constellation with Sundial (c. 1943), Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946
Related exhibitions  4
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1943)

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Constellationes. 18 May–5 June 1943.

Solo Exhibition
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (1946)

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris. Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations. 25 October–16 November 1946.

Solo Exhibition
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Calder. 2 April–31 May 1969.

Solo Exhibition
Pace Gallery, New York (2017)

Pace Gallery, New York. Calder: Constellations. 20 April–30 June 2017.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Constellation 41
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation with Red Knife (1943)
Constellation with Red Knife, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Works / Stabile 251
Constellation with Quadrilateral (1943)
Constellation with Quadrilateral, 1943
Vertical Constellation with Bomb (1943)
Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943
Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone (1943)
Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone, 1943
Constellation with Diabolo (1943)
Constellation with Diabolo, 1943
Related Timeline
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.