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Untitled, 1938

Work
Untitled (1938)
Untitled (1938)

Untitled

Date 1938
Media
Wire, wood, string, and rod, with motor and steel bar
Dimensions
87" × 45" × 39"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  2
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio (1938)
Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio (1938)
Untitled, "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1938Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled, “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1938
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  2
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)

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

Solo Exhibition
Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires (2018)

Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. Alexander Calder: Theater of Encounters. 8 September 2018–15 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 268
Spherical Triangle (1938)
Spherical Triangle, 1938
Four Leaves and Three Petals (1939)
Four Leaves and Three Petals, 1939
Leaves and Tripod (1939)
Leaves and Tripod, 1939
The Hairpins (1939)
The Hairpins, 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.