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Black Areas, 1938

Work

Black Areas

Date 1938
Media
Sheet metal, wood, wire, lead, string, and paint
Dimensions
25" × 44"
Collection
Pace Gallery, New York
Hanging Mobile
Historical Photos  2
Calder with Black Areas (1938)
Calder with Black Areas, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Black Areas, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions (1943)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami
Related exhibitions  2
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1943)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions. 29 September 1943–16 January 1944.

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
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Untitled (c. 1939)
Untitled, c. 1939
Black Disc with Flags (c. 1939)
Black Disc with Flags, c. 1939
Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939)
Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, 1939
Untitled (c. 1939)
Untitled, c. 1939
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.