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Measuring spoons, c. 1940

Work

Measuring spoons

Date c. 1940
Media
Sheet metal
Dimensions
16" × 3" × 3 1⁄2"; 16 1⁄2" × 3 5⁄8" × 3 1⁄2"; 17" × 3 3⁄8" × 3 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Household Object
Historical Photos  1
Roxbury house kitchen (1963)
Roxbury house kitchen, 1963Photograph by Pedro Guerrero © Pedro Guerrero
Roxbury house kitchen, 1963
Photograph by Pedro Guerrero
Related exhibitions  2
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1976)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.

Solo Exhibition
Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2018)

Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, England. Calder: From the Stony River to the Sky. 26 May 2018–9 September 2018.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Household Object 55
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Grill, c. 1940
Fork (c. 1940)
Fork, c. 1940
Zarfs (c. 1940)
Zarfs, c. 1940
Milk skimmer (c. 1940)
Milk skimmer, c. 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.