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Untitled, 1938

Work

Untitled

Date 1938
Media
Wood, bone, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
70 1⁄4" × 37" × 23 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Gift of Holton Rower in memory of Howard Rower, 2014
Stabile
Related exhibitions  3
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2009)

Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. Calder: Sculptor of Air. 23 October 2009–14 February 2010.

Solo Exhibition
Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2015)

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

Solo Exhibition
Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2018)

Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, England. Calder: From the Stony River to the Sky. 26 May 2018–9 September 2018.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Stabile 251
Spiny (maquette) (1939)
Spiny (maquette), 1939
Little Arch (maquette) (c. 1939)
Little Arch (maquette), c. 1939
Black Beast (maquette) (1939)
Black Beast (maquette), 1939
Untitled (maquette) (1939)
Untitled (maquette), 1939
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.