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Leaf brooch, c. 1950

Work

Leaf brooch

Date c. 1950
Media
Silver and steel wire
Dimensions
2 7⁄8" × 6"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Jewelry
Related exhibitions  1
Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2015)

Museo Jumex, Mexico City. Calder: Discipline of the Dance. 21 March–28 June 2015.

Solo Exhibition
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Works / Jewelry 123
Rabbit / MC brooch (c. 1950)
Rabbit / MC brooch, c. 1950
Butterfly brooch (c. 1950)
Butterfly brooch, c. 1950
Necklace for Nucléa (1952)
Necklace for Nucléa, 1952
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.