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Ashtray, c. 1950

Work

Ashtray

Date c. 1950
Media
Tin can and sheet metal
Dimensions
4 1⁄2" × 5 1⁄8"
Collection
Private Collection
Household Object
Historical Photos  1
Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50) in the Roxbury house “big room (1950)
Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50), Roxbury house "big room," 1950Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Recycled tin can ashtrays and a fish ashtray (c. 1935–50), Roxbury house “big room,” 1950
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Archive
Works / Household Object 55
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Related Timeline
1946–1952
1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.