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Petit Panneau Bleu, c. 1936

Work

Petit Panneau Bleu

Date c. 1936
Media
Plywood, sheet metal, wood, rod, wire, and paint, with motor
Dimensions
13 1⁄8" × 19 1⁄2"
Collection
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Dation of the Estate of the Artist, 1983
Panel / Frame, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Installation drawing of 21 objects in Mobiles and Objects by Alexander Calder (1936)
Installation drawing of 21 objects in Mobiles and Objects by Alexander Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1936Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Installation drawing of 21 objects in Mobiles and Objects by Alexander Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1936Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
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
Tate Modern, London (2015)

Tate Modern, London. Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture. 11 November 2015–3 April 2016.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Panel / Frame 24
Untitled (1937)
Untitled, 1937
S and Star (1941)
S and Star, 1941
Mobile with Four Spots (1941)
Mobile with Four Spots, 1941
Quattro Pendulati (1943)
Quattro Pendulati, 1943
Works / Standing Mobile 266
Apple Monster (1938)
Apple Monster, 1938
The Spider and the Fly (c. 1938)
The Spider and the Fly, c. 1938
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) (1938)
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), 1938
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) (1938)
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), 1938
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.”