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Untitled, 1944

Work

Untitled

Date 1944
Media
Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
15 3⁄8" × 22 3⁄4"
Collection
Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011
Work on Paper
Archive
Works / Work on Paper 277
A Bishop Forgets Himself / A Loose Bishop (1944)
A Bishop Forgets Himself / A Loose Bishop, 1944
The King Calls a Backfield Huddle / King’s Secret Session (1944)
The King Calls a Backfield Huddle / King's Secret Session, 1944
Sir! (1944)
Sir!, 1944
The Icelandic Queen Meets a King from China (1944)
The Icelandic Queen Meets a King from China, 1944
Related Timeline
1937–1945
1937–1945 Public Commissions and the War

In 1937, Calder completed Devil Fish, his first stabile enlarged from a model. He received two important commissions: Mercury Fountain (1937) and Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939). His first retrospective was held in 1938 at the George Walter Vincent Smith Gallery in Springfield, Massachusetts, followed by another in 1943 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.