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Red Panel, 1936

Work

Red Panel

Date 1936
Media
Plywood, sheet metal, tubing, rod, wood, wire, string, and paint
Dimensions
108" × 60" × 44"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Panel / Frame, Wall Sculpture
Historical Photos  8
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1937)
Installation photograph showing Devil Fish, Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Devil Fish, 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
Calder at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions (1943)
Calder with Red Post Black Leaves at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Red Panel (1936) is in the background.Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman
Calder with Red Post Black Leaves at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Red Panel (1936) is in the background.
Photograph by Arnold Newman
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
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
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
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  4
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
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
Tate Modern, London (2015)

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

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Panel / Frame 24
Snake and the Cross (1936)
Snake and the Cross, 1936
Blue Panel (1936)
Blue Panel, 1936
White Panel (1936)
White Panel, 1936
Red Panel (1936)
Red Panel, 1936
Works / Wall Sculpture 40
Swizzle Sticks (1936)
Swizzle Sticks, 1936
Little Yellow Panel (1936)
Little Yellow Panel , 1936
Little Yellow Panel (c. 1936)
Little Yellow Panel, c. 1936
Object with Yellow Background (1936)
Object with Yellow Background, 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.”