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Cadre rouge, 1932

Work

Cadre rouge

Date 1932
Media
Sheet metal, wood, wire, and paint
Dimensions
35" × 30 1⁄4" × 26 1⁄2"
Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art; A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1946 (no. 1946-70-8)
Panel / Frame, Wall Sculpture
Historical Photos  1
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
Related exhibitions  1
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Panel / Frame 24
Square (c. 1934)
Square, c. 1934
Untitled (1934)
Untitled, 1934
Little Blue Panel (1934)
Little Blue Panel, 1934
Red Panel (c. 1934)
Red Panel, c. 1934
Works / Wall Sculpture 40
Untitled (1933)
Untitled, 1933
Swizzle Sticks (1936)
Swizzle Sticks, 1936
White Panel (1936)
White Panel, 1936
Red Panel (1936)
Red Panel, 1936
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.”