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The Black Spoon, 1945

Work

The Black Spoon

Date 1945
Media
Wood, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
22 1⁄4" × 23 1⁄2" × 16"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Constellation, Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
Pace Gallery, New York (2017)

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

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Constellation 41
Untitled (1945)
Untitled, 1945
Les Abattis (1945)
Les Abattis, 1945
Constellation for Mantel (1949)
Constellation for Mantel, 1949
The Dot and the I (1944)
The Dot and the I, 1944
Works / Standing Mobile 266
Mobile with 14 Flags (1945)
Mobile with 14 Flags (maquette for Man-Eater with Pennants), 1945
Man-Eater with Pennants (1945)
Man-Eater with Pennants, 1945
Red T with Black Flags (1946)
Red T with Black Flags, 1946
Baby Flat Top (1946)
Baby Flat Top, 1946
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.