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Calder’s Circus Invitation Printing Block, 1942

Work

Calder's Circus Invitation Printing Block

Date 1942
Media
Wood, leather, nails, and wire
Dimensions
1 3⁄4" × 6" × 1"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
Household Object
Related exhibitions  1
Tate Modern, London (2015)

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

Solo Exhibition
Related works  1
Cirque Calder (1926–1931)
Cirque Calder, 1926–1931
Archive
Works / Household Object 55
Calder’s Circus Invitation Printing Block (1942)
Calder's Circus Invitation Printing Block, 1942
Dinner bell (c. 1942)
Dinner bell, c. 1942
Toaster (c. 1942)
Toaster, c. 1942
Animal ashtray (c. 1943)
Animal ashtray, c. 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.