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Hair comb, c. 1940

Work

Hair comb

Date c. 1940
Media
Brass wire
Dimensions
10 3⁄8" × 4 5⁄8"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
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  6
Willard Gallery, New York (1940)

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

Solo Exhibition
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Solo Exhibition
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

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
Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2018)

Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, England. Calder: From the Stony River to the Sky. 26 May 2018–9 September 2018.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Jewelry 123
Hair comb (c. 1940)
Hair comb, c. 1940
Crown of leaves (c. 1940)
Crown of leaves, c. 1940
Tiara (c. 1940)
Tiara, c. 1940
Necklace (c. 1941)
Necklace, c. 1941
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.