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Untitled, 1933

Work

Untitled

Date 1933
Media
Wood, cord, and paint
Dimensions
71" × 60" × 6"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Gift of Alexander S. C. Rower & Holton Rower, 2007
Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  4
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul (2013)

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul. Calder. 18 July–20 October 2013.

Solo Exhibition
Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2015)

Museo Jumex, Mexico City. Calder: Discipline of the Dance. 21 March–28 June 2015.

Solo Exhibition
Pace Gallery, New York (2019)

Pace Gallery, New York. Calder: Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere. 14 September–26 October 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo (2024)

Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo. Calder: Un effet du japonais. 30 May–6 September 2024.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Cône d’ébène (1933)
Cône d'ébène, 1933
Untitled (c. 1934)
Untitled, c. 1934
Starfish (1934)
Starfish, 1934
Elephant (1936)
Elephant, 1936
Related Timeline
1930–1936
1930–1936 Shift to Abstraction

Following a visit in October of 1930 to Piet Mondrian’s studio, where he was impressed by the environmental installation, Calder made his first wholly abstract compositions and invented the kinetic sculpture now known as the mobile. Coined for these works by Marcel Duchamp in 1931, the word “mobile” refers to both “motion” and “motive” in French. He also created stationary abstract works that Jean Arp dubbed “stabiles.”