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Mobile with Four Spots, 1941

Work

Mobile with Four Spots

Date 1941
Media
Sheet metal, plywood, wire, paint, and automotive cable, with motor
Dimensions
28" × 22 3⁄8"
Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Funding Collection (no. 41.876)
Panel / Frame, Wall Sculpture
Related exhibitions  3
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. 6 November 1964–31 January 1965.

Solo Exhibition
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1965)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Panel / Frame 24
S and Star (1941)
S and Star, 1941
Quattro Pendulati (1943)
Quattro Pendulati, 1943
Untitled (1937)
Untitled, 1937
Petit Panneau Bleu (c. 1936)
Petit Panneau Bleu, c. 1936
Works / Wall Sculpture 40
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Constellation (1943)
Constellation, 1943
Untitled (1943)
Untitled, 1943
Mobile Constellation (c. 1943)
Mobile Constellation, c. 1943
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.