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The Clangor, 1941

Work

The Clangor

Date 1941
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
106 3⁄8" × 96"
Collection
Private Collection
Sound-making Work, Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
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
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Works / Sound-making Work 38
Clangors (1942)
Clangors, 1942
Dinner bell (c. 1942)
Dinner bell, c. 1942
Black Tulip (1942)
Black Tulip, 1942
Tines (1943)
Tines, 1943
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Little Face (1941)
Little Face, 1941
Untitled (1941)
Untitled, 1941
Calderoulette (c. 1941)
Calderoulette, c. 1941
Black Spot on Gimbals (1942)
Black Spot on Gimbals, 1942
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.