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Untitled (maquette), 1939

Work

Untitled (maquette)

Date 1939
Media
Sheet metal and paint
Dimensions
21" × 27" × 27"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Stabile
Historical Photos  2
Spiny (1940)
Untitled (maquette, 1939) and Spiny (maquette, 1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (maquette, 1939) and Spiny (maquette, 1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Untitled (maquette) (1940)
Untitled (maquette, 1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (maquette, 1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  4
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
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
Pace Gallery, Los Angeles (2023)

Pace Gallery, Los Angeles. Calder/Tuttle:Tentative. 21 January–25 February 2023.

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 (c. 1939)
Untitled, c. 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.