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Woman belt buckle, c. 1935

Work

Woman belt buckle

Date c. 1935
Media
Brass wire
Dimensions
8 5⁄8" × 4 3⁄16" × 1 5⁄8"
Collection
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Mrs. Marcel Duchamp in memory of the Artist (no. 77.21a-b)
Jewelry
Related exhibitions  2
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1976)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2019)

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor. 5 April–4 August 2019. Originated from Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Jewelry 123
Belt (c. 1935)
Belt, c. 1935
Hair comb (c. 1935)
Hair comb, c. 1935
Necklace (1937)
Necklace, 1937
Harps and Heart (c. 1937)
Harps and Heart, c. 1937
Related Timeline
1930–1936
1930–1936 Shift to Abstraction

Following a visit in October of 1930 to Piet Mondrian’s studio, where he was impressed by the environmental installation, Calder made his first wholly abstract compositions and invented the kinetic sculpture now known as the mobile. Coined for these works by Marcel Duchamp in 1931, the word “mobile” refers to both “motion” and “motive” in French. He also created stationary abstract works that Jean Arp dubbed “stabiles.”