Calder Foundation
Site Search
Site Search

Bird Pull-toy, 1951

Work

Bird Pull-toy

Date 1951
Media
Tin can, lead, wire, and string
Dimensions
5 1⁄2" × 6 1⁄4" × 6 1⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Toy
Related exhibitions  1
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1976)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Calder’s Universe. 14 October 1976–6 February 1977.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Toy 13
Fish Pull-toy (1960)
Fish Pull-toy, 1960
Dollhouse (c. 1945)
Dollhouse, c. 1945
Car (c. 1943)
Car, c. 1943
Baby Carriage (c. 1940)
Baby Carriage, c. 1940
Related Timeline
1946–1952
1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.