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Fish earrings, c. 1950

Work

Fish earrings

Date c. 1950
Media
Silver wire
Dimensions
approx. 3" × 3" each
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Jewelry
Archive
Works / Jewelry 140
Necklace for Nucléa (1952)
Necklace for Nucléa, 1952
Fish brooch (1952)
Fish brooch, 1952
Earrings (1953)
Earrings, 1953
Brooch (1953)
Brooch, 1953
Related Timeline
1946–1952
1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.