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Spherical Triangle, 1938

Work

Spherical Triangle

Date 1938
Media
Sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint
Dimensions
96" high
Collection
Prefeitura, Da Cidade Do Rio De Janeiro
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  3
Spherical Triangle (1938)
Spherical Triangle, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Spherical Triangle, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [recto] (1943)
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [recto], 1943Calder Foundation, New York; Anonymous Gift, 2004
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [recto], 1943
Calder Foundation, New York
Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions (1943)
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami
Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943
Photograph by Soichi Sunami
Related exhibitions  2
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1943)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions. 29 September 1943–16 January 1944.

Solo Exhibition
New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1950)

New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Calder. 5 December 1950–14 January 1951.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 217
Black Petals (1939)
Black Petals, 1939
Black Beast (1940)
Black Beast, 1940
The Spider (1940)
The Spider, 1940
The Big Ear (1943)
The Big Ear, 1943
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Four Leaves and Three Petals (1939)
Four Leaves and Three Petals, 1939
Leaves and Tripod (1939)
Leaves and Tripod, 1939
The Hairpins (1939)
The Hairpins, 1939
The Tuning Fork (c. 1939)
The Tuning Fork, c. 1939
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.