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Plain Wood, c. 1943

Work

Plain Wood

Date c. 1943
Media
Wood, string, sheet metal, and paint
Dimensions
79" × 75" × 79"
Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Collection Mary Reynolds, gift of her brother, 1954 (no. 54.1390)
Constellation, Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  4
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1943)

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

Solo Exhibition
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Solo Exhibition
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1965)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (2003)

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia. 18 March–12 October 2003.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Constellation 41
Constellation Mobile (1943)
Constellation Mobile, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation with Red Knife (1943)
Constellation with Red Knife, 1943
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Red Sticks (c. 1943)
Red Sticks, c. 1943
Untitled (c. 1943)
Untitled, c. 1943
Untitled (1943)
Untitled, 1943
Tines (1943)
Tines, 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.