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Little Yellow Panel , 1936

Work
Little Yellow Panel (1936)
Little Yellow Panel (1936)

Little Yellow Panel

Date 1936
Media
Wood, sheet metal, wire, string, and paint
Dimensions
44 3⁄4" × 19 1⁄4" × 19 1⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Panel / Frame, Wall Sculpture
Historical Photos  6
Little Yellow Panel (1936)
Little Yellow Panel, New York City storefront studio, 1936Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Little Yellow Panel, New York City storefront studio, 1936
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles (1937)
Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Inventory drawing for Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles (1937)
Inventory drawing of 27 objects considered for inclusion in Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Inventory drawing of 27 objects considered for inclusion in Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Recto of double-sided installation drawing of 33 objects in Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles (1937)
Recto of double-sided installation drawing of 33 objects in Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Recto of double-sided installation drawing of 33 objects in Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [verso] (1943)
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [verso], 1943Calder Foundation, New York; Anonymous Gift, 2004
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [verso], 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  3
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1937)

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles. 23 February–13 March 1937.

Solo Exhibition
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
Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo (2024)

Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo. Calder: Un effet du japonais. 30 May–6 September 2024.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Panel / Frame 24
Little Yellow Panel (c. 1936)
Little Yellow Panel, c. 1936
Object with Yellow Background (1936)
Object with Yellow Background, 1936
Yellow Panel (c. 1936)
Yellow Panel, c. 1936
The Orange Panel (1936)
The Orange Panel, 1936
Works / Wall Sculpture 40
Untitled (1937)
Untitled, 1937
Mobile with Four Spots (1941)
Mobile with Four Spots, 1941
S and Star (1941)
S and Star, 1941
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
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.”