Calder Foundation

Calder's Circus Invitation Printing Block

Date 1942
Media
Wood, leather, nails, and wire
Dimensions
1 3⁄4" × 6 3⁄8" × 3⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
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
Works / Household Object 55
Related Timeline
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.