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Untitled, c. 1940

Work

Untitled

Date c. 1940
Media
Sheet metal, wire, string, and paint
Dimensions
38 1⁄2" × 39" × 11 1⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
Standing Mobile
Related exhibitions  1
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
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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.