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Red Panel, c. 1934

Work
Red Panel (c. 1934)
Red Panel (c. 1934)

Red Panel

Date c. 1934
Media
Plywood, wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint, with motors
Dimensions
11 7⁄8" × 8 1⁄4" × 7 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
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  1
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder: Hypermobility. 9 June–23 October 2017.

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
Black Frame (1934)
Black Frame, 1934
Works / Standing Mobile 270
The White Frame (1934)
The White Frame, 1934
Steel Fish (1934)
Steel Fish, 1934
Red and Yellow Vane (1934)
Red and Yellow Vane, 1934
Red, White, Black and Brass (1934)
Red, White, Black and Brass, 1934
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.”