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Red Sticks, c. 1943

Work
Red Sticks (c. 1943)
Red Sticks (c. 1943)

Red Sticks

Date c. 1943
Media
Wood, wire, string, and paint
Dimensions
47 1⁄2" × 61 13⁄16"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  6
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (2003)

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia. 18 March–12 October 2003.

Solo Exhibition
Tate Modern, London (2015)

Tate Modern, London. Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture. 11 November 2015–3 April 2016.

Solo Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder: Hypermobility. 9 June–23 October 2017.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires (2018)

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

Solo Exhibition
Musée Picasso, Paris (2019)

Musée Picasso, Paris. Calder-Picasso. 19 February–25 August 2019.

Group Exhibition
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Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Untitled (c. 1943)
Untitled, c. 1943
Untitled (1943)
Untitled, 1943
Tines (1943)
Tines, 1943
Pour 3 ans d’assez bonne conduite (1941 / 1943)
Pour 3 ans d’assez bonne conduite, 1941 / 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.