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Bones necklace, c. 1943

Work

Bones necklace

Date c. 1943
Media
Wood, cord, cloth, and brass wire
Dimensions
loop: 17 1⁄2"; element: 4" × 1 1⁄2"
Collection
Private Collection
Jewelry
Historical Photos  1
Calder jewelry (c. 1930–40) (1943)
Calder jewelry (c. 1930–40), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder jewelry (c. 1930–40), 1943
Photograph by Herbert Matter
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
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2008)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Calder Jewelry. 8 December 2008–1 March 2009. Originated from the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Jewelry 123
Belt (c. 1943)
Belt, c. 1943
Belt (c. 1943)
Belt, c. 1943
Fire Proof Veil (1944)
Fire Proof Veil, 1944
Necklace (c. 1945)
Necklace, c. 1945
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.