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Un effet du japonais, 1941

Work
Un effet du japonais (1941)
Un effet du japonais (1941)

Un effet du japonais

Date 1941
Media
Sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint
Dimensions
80" × 80" × 48"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Sound-making Work, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  3
Un effet du japonais (1941)
Un effet du japonais, Roxbury, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Un effet du japonais, Roxbury, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Roxbury studio (1941)
Mobile, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Un effet du japonais, Giraffe, and The Great Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Mobile, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Un effet du japonais, Giraffe, and The Great Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder’s Universe (1976)
Opening reception, Calder's Universe, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 14 October 1976Photograph by Budd Waintrob
Opening reception, Calder’s Universe, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 14 October 1976Photograph by Budd Waintrob
Related exhibitions  8
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1976)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.

Solo Exhibition
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

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
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (2003)

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia. 18 March–12 October 2003.

Solo Exhibition
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul (2013)

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul. Calder. 18 July–20 October 2013.

Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2013)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic. 24 November 2013–27 July 2014.

Solo Exhibition
Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2015)

Museo Jumex, Mexico City. Calder: Discipline of the Dance. 21 March–28 June 2015.

Solo Exhibition
Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo (2024)

Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo. Calder: Un effet du japonais. 30 May–6 September 2024.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Sound-making Work 38
The Clangor (1941)
The Clangor, 1941
Clangors (1942)
Clangors, 1942
Dinner bell (c. 1942)
Dinner bell, c. 1942
Black Tulip (1942)
Black Tulip, 1942
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Tree (1941)
Tree, 1941
Untitled (1941)
Untitled, 1941
Red Petals (maquette) (1941)
Red Petals (maquette), 1941
Myrtle Burl (1941)
Myrtle Burl, 1941
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.