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Bracelet, c. 1930

Work

Bracelet

Date c. 1930
Media
Brass, silver, and steel wire
Dimensions
2 3⁄4" × 2 3⁄4" × 2"
Collection
Private Collection
Jewelry, Sound-making Work
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
Tiara (1930)
Tiara, 1930
Ring (c. 1930)
Ring, c. 1930
Necklace (1930)
Necklace, 1930
Necklace (1930)
Necklace, 1930
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere (1932 / 1933)
Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere, 1932 / 1933
Untitled (c. 1934)
Untitled, c. 1934
Baby rattle (c. 1935)
Baby rattle, c. 1935
Untitled (1936)
Untitled, 1936
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.