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Birds, c. 1940

Work

Birds

Date c. 1940
Media
Leather and wire
Dimensions
2 1⁄8" × 3" × 1 1⁄4"; 3 5⁄8" × 4" × 1 3⁄4"
Collection
Private Collection
Toy
Related exhibitions  1
Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York (2015)

Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder: Multum in Parvo. 22 April–13 June 2015.

Solo Exhibition
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Works / Toy 13
Baby Carriage (c. 1940)
Baby Carriage, c. 1940
Car (c. 1943)
Car, c. 1943
Dollhouse (c. 1945)
Dollhouse, c. 1945
Bird Pull-toy (1951)
Bird Pull-toy, 1951
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.