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The Spider and the Fly, c. 1938

Work

The Spider and the Fly

Date c. 1938
Media
Brass wire and string
Dimensions
21 3⁄4" × 16 3⁄4" × 8 1⁄4"
Collection
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Bequest of Eleanor H. Bunce, 1999
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  1
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  1
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
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Apple Monster (1938)
Apple Monster, 1938
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) (1938)
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), 1938
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) (1938)
Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), 1938
Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World’s Fair) (1938)
Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair), 1938
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.