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The Elephant Hunter’s Chair (maquette), 1928

Work

The Elephant Hunter's Chair (maquette)

Date 1928
Media
Sheet metal, wire, lead, cloth, paper, and paint
Dimensions
7 7⁄8" × 3 1⁄2" × 4 1⁄8"
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Gift of the Artist
Household Object
Related exhibitions  1
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
Archive
Works / Household Object 55
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Bird cigarette holder, 1928
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Cat lamp (maquette), 1928
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Baby rattle, c. 1935
Clogs (c. 1935)
Clogs, c. 1935
Related Timeline
1926–1930
1926–1930 Wire Sculpture and the Circus

Soon after moving to Paris in 1926, Calder created his Cirque Calder. Made of wire and a spectrum of found materials, the Cirque was a work of performance art that gained Calder an introduction to the Parisian avant-garde. He continued to explore his invention of wire sculpture, whereby he “drew” with wire in three dimensions the portraits of friends, animals, circus themes, and personalities of the day.