Calder Foundation

Man-Eater with Pennants

Date 1945
Media
Sheet metal, rod, and paint
Dimensions
16'9" × 25' × 12'
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Purchase
Historical Photos  2
Related exhibitions  1
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
Related works  1
Chronology  1
1 June 1945

Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, to make a work for the sculpture garden, Calder creates Man-Eater with Pennants.

Works / Monumental Sculpture 216
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Works / Standing Mobile 266
Related Timeline
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.