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Untitled, c. 1934

Work

Untitled

Date c. 1934
Media
Pipe, rod, wood, wire, paint, and string
Dimensions
45 1⁄2" × 38 1⁄8" × 12 1⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Sound-making Work, Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  4
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

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

Solo Exhibition
Tate Modern, London (2015)

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

Solo Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

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

Solo Exhibition
Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires (2018)

Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. Alexander Calder: Theater of Encounters. 8 September 2018–15 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Sound-making Work 38
Baby rattle (c. 1935)
Baby rattle, c. 1935
Untitled (1936)
Untitled, 1936
Untitled (The McCausland Mobile) (1937)
Untitled (The McCausland Mobile), 1937
Water Ballet (Incomplete fountain for 1939 World’s Fair) (1939)
Water Ballet (Incomplete fountain for 1939 World's Fair), 1939
Works / Standing Mobile 270
Untitled (1934)
Untitled, 1934
Objects Oscillating Within a Cube (maquette) (1934)
Objects Oscillating Within a Cube (maquette), 1934
A Universe (1934)
A Universe, 1934
Square (c. 1934)
Square, c. 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.”