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Helen Wills I, 1927

Work

Helen Wills I

Date 1927
Media
Wire and wood
Dimensions
13 1⁄4" × 17" × 8"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
Wire Sculpture
Related exhibitions  4
Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London (1962)

Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London. Alexander Calder: Sculpture–Mobiles. 4 July–12 August 1962.

Solo Exhibition
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1965)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Calder. 8 July–15 October 1965. Originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy (1983)

Palazzo a Vela, Turin, Italy. Calder: Mostra retrospettiva. 2 July–25 September 1983.

Solo Exhibition
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2009)

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Alexander Calder: les années parisiennes 1926–1933. 18 March–20 July 2009. Originated from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Wire Sculpture 76
Animated Coat Hanger (1927)
Animated Coat Hanger, 1927
Josephine Baker III (c. 1927)
Josephine Baker III, c. 1927
Dancer (1927)
Dancer, 1927
Josephine Baker II (c. 1927)
Josephine Baker II, c. 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.