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Tiara, 1930

Work

Tiara

Date 1930
Media
Brass wire
Dimensions
7 1⁄2" × 7 1⁄8" × 3 3⁄4"
Collection
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Gift of Sarah Goodwin Austin in honor of Eleanor Howland Bunce, 1994
Jewelry
Related exhibitions  1
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
Archive
Works / Jewelry 123
Bracelet (c. 1930)
Bracelet, c. 1930
Ring (c. 1930)
Ring, c. 1930
Necklace (1930)
Necklace, 1930
Necklace (1930)
Necklace, 1930
Related Timeline
1926–1930
1926–1930 Wire Sculpture and the Circus

Soon after moving to Paris in 1926, Calder created his Cirque Calder. Made of wire and a spectrum of found materials, the Cirque was a work of performance art that gained Calder an introduction to the Parisian avant-garde. He continued to explore his invention of wire sculpture, whereby he “drew” with wire in three dimensions the portraits of friends, animals, circus themes, and personalities of the day.