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Hi!, c. 1928

Work

Hi!

Date c. 1928
Media
Wire, wood, and paint
Dimensions
37 11⁄16" × 27" × 6 1⁄8"
Collection
Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii; Gift of Mrs. Theodore A. Cooke, Mrs. Philip E. Spalding and Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, 1937
Wire Sculpture
Historical Photos  1
Hi! (1937)
Installation photograph showing Hi! (c. 1928), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York
Installation photograph showing Hi! (c. 1928), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions  2
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (1937)

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles. 23 February–13 March 1937.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Wire Sculpture 76
Wire Sculpture by Calder (1928)
Wire Sculpture by Calder, 1928
Helen Wills II (1928)
Helen Wills II, 1928
Victorine (The Circus Queen) (1928)
Victorine (The Circus Queen), 1928
Josephine Baker IV (c. 1928)
Josephine Baker IV, c. 1928
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.