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Yucca, 1941

Work

Yucca

Date 1941
Media
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
Dimensions
73 1⁄2" × 23" × 20"
Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Hilla Rebay Collection (no. 71.1936.R54)
Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  4
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)
Apple Monster (1938), Tadpole (maquette, c. 1936), Yucca (center rear), Black Beast (maquette, 1939), Myrtle Burl, and Yucca (right rear), Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Apple Monster (1938), Tadpole (maquette, c. 1936), Yucca (center rear), Black Beast (maquette, 1939), Myrtle Burl, and Yucca (right rear), 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
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  3
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1943)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions. 29 September 1943–16 January 1944.

Solo Exhibition
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (2003)

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia. 18 March–12 October 2003.

Solo Exhibition
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
Archive
Works / Standing Mobile 269
Yucca (1941)
Yucca, 1941
The Great Yucca (1941)
The Great Yucca, 1941
The Clangor (1941)
The Clangor, 1941
Little Face (1941)
Little Face, 1941
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.