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Untitled, 1932

Work

Untitled

Date 1932
Media
Ink on paper
Dimensions
30" × 22"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York
Work on Paper
Related exhibitions  2
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
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2009)

Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. Calder: Sculptor of Air. 23 October 2009–14 February 2010.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Work on Paper 277
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Space Tunnel, 1932
Untitled (1932)
Untitled, 1932
Untitled (1932)
Untitled, 1932
Untitled (1932)
Untitled, 1932
Related Timeline
1930–1936
1930–1936 Shift to Abstraction

Following a visit in October of 1930 to Piet Mondrian’s studio, where he was impressed by the environmental installation, Calder made his first wholly abstract compositions and invented the kinetic sculpture now known as the mobile. Coined for these works by Marcel Duchamp in 1931, the word “mobile” refers to both “motion” and “motive” in French. He also created stationary abstract works that Jean Arp dubbed “stabiles.”