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Victorine (The Circus Queen), 1928

Work

Victorine (The Circus Queen)

Date 1928
Media
Wire and wood
Dimensions
19 1⁄4" × 10" × 6 1⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Wire Sculpture
Related exhibitions  3
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (1969)

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Calder. 2 April–31 May 1969.

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
Wire Sculpture by Calder (1928)
Wire Sculpture by Calder, 1928
Helen Wills II (1928)
Helen Wills II, 1928
Hi! (c. 1928)
Hi!, c. 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.