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Brooch, c. 1938

Work

Brooch

Date c. 1938
Media
Brass, glass, mirror, and steel wire
Dimensions
9 1⁄2" × 5 7⁄8" × 1 1⁄8"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Jewelry
Related exhibitions  1
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
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Works / Jewelry 123
Brooch (c. 1938)
Brooch, c. 1938
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Flower brooch, c. 1938
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.