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Bracelet, 1940

Work

Bracelet

Date 1940
Media
Brass wire
Dimensions
2" × 3 1⁄4" × 3 1⁄4"
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection; Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006 (no. 2006.32.7)
Jewelry
Historical Photos  1
Willard Gallery, New York (1940)
Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940
Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940
Related exhibitions  2
Willard Gallery, New York (1940)

Willard Gallery, New York. Calder Jewelry. 3–25 December 1940.

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
Bracelet (c. 1940)
Bracelet, c. 1940
Bracelet (c. 1940)
Bracelet, c. 1940
Hair comb (c. 1940)
Hair comb, c. 1940
Hair comb (c. 1940)
Hair comb, 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.