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Bug brooch, c. 1942

Work

Bug brooch

Date c. 1942
Media
Silver and steel wire
Dimensions
5 3⁄8" × 2 3⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Jewelry
Archive
Works / Jewelry 123
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Elodie, 1942
Bracelet (c. 1942)
Bracelet, c. 1942
Bracelet (c. 1942)
Bracelet, c. 1942
Bones necklace (c. 1943)
Bones necklace, c. 1943
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.