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Untitled, 1939

Work

Untitled

Date 1939
Media
Sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint
Dimensions
55 1⁄2" × 64 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  4
Untitled (1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio (1940)
Untitled (1939) outside the "small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Untitled (1939) outside the “small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Calder’s “small shop” New York City storefront studio (1940)
"Small shop" New York City storefront studio, 1940Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
“Small shop” New York City storefront studio, 1940
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Roxbury studio (1941)
Mobile, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Un effet du japonais, Giraffe, and The Great Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Mobile, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Un effet du japonais, Giraffe, and The Great Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Roxbury studio (1941)
The Great Yucca, Uprooted Whip (1940), and Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
The Great Yucca, Uprooted Whip (1940), and Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  4
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2013)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic. 24 November 2013–27 July 2014.

Solo Exhibition
Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2015)

Museo Jumex, Mexico City. Calder: Discipline of the Dance. 21 March–28 June 2015.

Solo Exhibition
Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles (2018)

Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles. Calder: Nonspace. 27 October 2018–6 January 2019.

Solo Exhibition
Pace Gallery, Los Angeles (2023)

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

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 266
Spider (1939)
Spider, 1939
La Demoiselle (1939)
La Demoiselle, 1939
Untitled (1939)
Untitled, 1939
Untitled (c. 1939)
Untitled, c. 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.