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Flying bird brooch, c. 1940

Work

Flying bird brooch

Date c. 1940
Media
Silver and steel wire
Dimensions
12 1⁄4" × 11 7⁄8"
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Gift of the Artist
Jewelry
Historical Photos  1
Calder Jewelry (1940)
Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Fred Hamilton
Installation photograph, Calder Jewelry, Willard Gallery, New York, 1940Photograph by Fred Hamilton
Related exhibitions  2
Willard Gallery, New York (1940)

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

Solo Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2021)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start. 14 March 2021–15 January 2022.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Jewelry 123
Thunderbird (c. 1940)
Thunderbird, c. 1940
Ring (c. 1940)
Ring, c. 1940
Bracelet (c. 1940)
Bracelet, c. 1940
Bracelet (c. 1940)
Bracelet, 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.