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Pour 3 ans d’assez bonne conduite, 1941 / 1943

Work

Pour 3 ans d’assez bonne conduite

Date 1941 / 1943
Media
Plexiglas, wire, and paint
Dimensions
10 ¼" × 29"
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2021)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start. 14 March 2021–15 January 2022.

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Untitled (1941)
Untitled, 1941
Archive
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.