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Black Tulip, 1942

Work

Black Tulip

Date 1942
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
78" × 49" × 39"
Collection
Private Collection
Sound-making Work, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Black Tulip (1947)
Black Tulip (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Black Tulip (c. 1942), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter
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
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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.