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Dancer, 1927

Work

Dancer

Date 1927
Media
Wire and wood
Dimensions
17" × 9 1⁄2" × 6 1⁄2"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Wire Sculpture
Related exhibitions  1
Musée Picasso, Paris (2019)

Musée Picasso, Paris. Calder-Picasso. 19 February–25 August 2019.

Group Exhibition
Archive
Works / Wire Sculpture 76
Animated Coat Hanger (1927)
Animated Coat Hanger, 1927
Josephine Baker III (c. 1927)
Josephine Baker III, c. 1927
Josephine Baker II (c. 1927)
Josephine Baker II, c. 1927
Calvin Coolidge (1927)
Calvin Coolidge, 1927
Related Timeline
1926–1930
1926–1930 Wire Sculpture and the Circus

Soon after moving to Paris in 1926, Calder created his Cirque Calder. Made of wire and a spectrum of found materials, the Cirque was a work of performance art that gained Calder an introduction to the Parisian avant-garde. He continued to explore his invention of wire sculpture, whereby he “drew” with wire in three dimensions the portraits of friends, animals, circus themes, and personalities of the day.