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Untitled, 1939

Work

Untitled

Date 1939
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
14 5⁄8" × 9" × 10 7⁄8"
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  2
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1940)

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder. 14 May–1 June 1940.

Solo Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2021)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start. 14 March 2021–15 January 2022.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 270
Untitled (c. 1939)
Untitled, c. 1939
Gothic Construction from Scraps (1939)
Gothic Construction from Scraps, 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.