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The Curt Valentin Fish, c. 1950

Work

The Curt Valentin Fish

Date c. 1950
Media
Rod, wire, glass, string, and paint
Dimensions
13 1⁄2" × 33"
Collection
Private Collection
Fish, Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  5
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Calder at the opening preview for Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Calder at the opening preview for Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Ugo Mulas
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Robert Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Robert Mates
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Robert Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Robert Mates
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Rufus Stillman
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Rufus Stillman
Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition (1964)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964Photograph by Robert Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964
Photograph by Robert Mates
Related exhibitions  1
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
Archive
Works / Fish 12
Fish (1951)
Fish, 1951
Fish (c. 1952)
Fish, c. 1952
Glass Fish (1955)
Glass Fish, 1955
Roxbury Fish (c. 1948)
Roxbury Fish, c. 1948
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Red Gongs (1951)
Red Gongs, 1951
Black Side, White Side (1951)
Black Side, White Side, 1951
Triple Gong (1951)
Triple Gong, 1951
Streetcar (1951)
Streetcar, 1951
Related Timeline
1946–1952
1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.