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Myrtle Burl, 1941

Work

Myrtle Burl

Date 1941
Media
Wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
24 1⁄2" × 20" × 16"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  3
Roxbury studio (1941)
Apple Monster (1938), Tadpole (maquette, c. 1936), Yucca (center rear), Black Beast (maquette, 1939), Myrtle Burl, and Yucca (right rear), Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Apple Monster (1938), Tadpole (maquette, c. 1936), Yucca (center rear), Black Beast (maquette, 1939), Myrtle Burl, and Yucca (right rear), Roxbury studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Alexander Calder: Recent Works (1941)
Interior illustration for catalogue for Alexander Calder: Recent Works, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1941
Interior illustration for catalogue for Alexander Calder: Recent Works, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1941
Calder with Myrtle Burl (1947)
Calder with Myrtle Burl (1941), Roxbury studio, 1947Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Calder with Myrtle Burl (1941), Roxbury studio, 1947
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  1
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

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

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 270
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.