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Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, 1941

Work

Aluminum Leaves, Red Post

Date 1941
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
61" × 61"
Collection
The Lipman Family Foundation
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  3
Aluminum Leaves, Red Post (1941)
Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Roxbury, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, 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
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [verso] (1943)
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [verso], 1943Calder Foundation, New York; Anonymous Gift, 2004
Untitled (double-sided drawing) [verso], 1943
Calder Foundation, New York
Related exhibitions  6
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
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
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2009)

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

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
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2019)

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor. 5 April–4 August 2019. Originated from Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Solo Exhibition
Selected films  1
Works of Calder
Works of Calder 1950Directed and cinematography by Herbert Matter
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Un effet du japonais (1941)
Un effet du japonais, 1941
Tree (1941)
Tree, 1941
Untitled (1941)
Untitled, 1941
Red Petals (maquette) (1941)
Red Petals (maquette), 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.