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Untitled (The McCausland Mobile), 1937

Work

Untitled (The McCausland Mobile)

Date 1937
Media
Sheet metal, wood, wire, string, and paint
Dimensions
25" × 23"
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1996
Hanging Mobile, Sound-making Work
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
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Works / Hanging Mobile 167
Harlequin (1937)
Harlequin, 1937
Untitled (c. 1937)
Untitled, c. 1937
Untitled (c. 1937)
Untitled, c. 1937
Black Areas (1938)
Black Areas, 1938
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Water Ballet (Incomplete fountain for 1939 World’s Fair) (1939)
Water Ballet (Incomplete fountain for 1939 World's Fair), 1939
13 Spines (1940)
13 Spines, 1940
Untitled (c. 1940)
Untitled, c. 1940
Red Disc and Gong II (1940)
Red Disc and Gong II, 1940
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.