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Clangors, 1942

Work
Clangors (1942)
Clangors (1942)

Clangors

Date 1942
Media
Sheet metal, rod, string, and paint
Dimensions
26 1⁄2" × 51"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Hanging Mobile, Sound-making Work
Historical Photos  1
Drawing of Clangors (mobile, 1942) and Large Peacock (base, 1949) related to Calder: Recent Work (1942)
Drawing of Clangors (mobile, 1942) and Large Peacock (base, 1949) related to Calder: Recent Work, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1942Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Drawing of Clangors (mobile, 1942) and Large Peacock (base, 1949) related to Calder: Recent Work, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1942Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Related exhibitions  2
Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires (2018)

Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. Alexander Calder: Theater of Encounters. 8 September 2018–15 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Kunsthal Rotterdam (2021)

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands. Calder Now. 21 November 2021–29 May 2022.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Constellation Mobile (1943)
Constellation Mobile, 1943
Plain Wood (c. 1943)
Plain Wood, c. 1943
Red Sticks (c. 1943)
Red Sticks, c. 1943
Untitled (c. 1943)
Untitled, c. 1943
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Dinner bell (c. 1942)
Dinner bell, c. 1942
Black Tulip (1942)
Black Tulip, 1942
Tines (1943)
Tines, 1943
4 + 3 (1944)
4 + 3, 1944
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.