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Gothic Construction from Scraps, 1939

Work

Gothic Construction from Scraps

Date 1939
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
34" × 24"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  2
Pace Gallery, Los Angeles (2023)

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

Solo Exhibition
Di Donna Galleries, New York (2024)

Di Donna Galleries, New York. Enchanted Reverie: Klee and Calder. 19 April–8 June 2024.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Untitled (1939)
Untitled, 1939
Untitled (c. 1939)
Untitled, c. 1939
Cage within a Cage (c. 1939)
Cage within a Cage, c. 1939
Untitled (maquettes for Smithsonian Gallery of Art Architectural Competition) (1939)
Untitled (maquettes for Smithsonian Gallery of Art Architectural Competition), 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.