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Untitled, c. 1943

Work

Untitled

Date c. 1943
Media
Metal, wire, string, wood, and paint
Dimensions
17 3⁄8" × 21 1⁄8" × 5 1⁄2"
Collection
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1986
Hanging Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
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
Selected films  1
Works of Calder
Works of Calder 1950Directed and cinematography by Herbert Matter
Archive
Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Red Sticks (c. 1943)
Red Sticks, 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.