Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Alexander Calder - part 11

This is part 11 of a 16-part series on the works of Alexander Calder. For a biography of Calder see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 10 also. 

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 74.9 x 107.9
Fólio Livraria, São Paulo

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 74.2 x 107.9 cm
 

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 73.9 x 107.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 73.6 x 107.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 73.6 x 107.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Untitled
ink on paper 74.9 x 107.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Untitled
ink on paper 73.6 x 107.9 cm
Private Collection

1953 Untitled
ink on paper 73.6 x 106.6 cm
Private Collection

1953 Untitled
ink and gouache on paper 67.9 x 101.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 75.5 x 105.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Yellow Stalk with Stone
sheet metal, wire, stone, and paint 125.7 x 101.6 x 35.5 cm
Seattle Art Museum

1953 Yellow Disc
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 106 x 127 x 116.8 cm
Private Collection

c1953 Four Dots and Brass Tail
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 15.8 x 24.1 x 7.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1954 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 128.2 x 142.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1954 Untitled
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 243.8 x 426.7 x 182.8
Nahmad Collection

1954 Untitled
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 3.4 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm
Private Collection

1954 Red Maze III
sheet metal, wire, and paint 142.2 x 182.8 cm
Private Collection

1954 La Cuillere (Serving Spoon)
spoon, brass, wire, sheet metal, and paint 8.2 x 13 x 2.8 cm
Private Collection

1954 Escutcheon
sheet metal, wire, and paint 114.3 x 88.9 x 73.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1954 Black Mobile with Hole
sheet metal, wire, and paint 223.5 x 243.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1955 4 Planes in Space
sheet metal, rod, bolts, and paint 218.4 x 147.3 x 124.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York 

1955 4 Planes in Space (maquette)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 69.5 x 53.3 x 46.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 My Shop
oil on canvas 121.9 x 152.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 Molluscs
oil on canvas 76.2 x 101.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 Louisa's Valentine
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 34.2 x 22.8 x 19 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 Hextopus
sheet metal and paint 254.8 x 334.9 cm
Department of State, Washington, D.C.

1955 Glass Fish
rod, wire, glass, string, and paint 58.4 x 107.9 cm
Private Collection

1955 Gallows and Lollipops (maquette)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 110.4 x 38.1 x 37.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 São Paulo
oil on plywood 121.9 x 135.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 Puntos Blancos
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 129.5 x 116.8 x 63.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1955 Orange Disc, Red Boomerang
oil on canvas 60.9 x 45.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1955 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 109.2 x 149.8 cm
Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris

c1955 Mortar and Pestle Brooch
silver and steel wire 6.3 x 7.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1955 Boomerangs and Snake
oil on canvas 81.2 x 100.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1955 Bird
tin cans and wire 26.6 x 38.1 x 12.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1956 Rising Spires
sheet metal and paint 49.2 x 38.1 x 50.8 cm
Private Collection

1956 Red Lily Pads
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 106.6 x 201 x 109 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1956 Five Objects
oil on canvas 60.9 x 45.7 cm
Private Collection

1956 Conical Gussets
sheet metal and paint 39.3 x 34.2 x 21.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1956 Button Flower (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 30.4 x 26 x 13.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1956 Birthday Cake
tin cans, aluminium, and wire 55.8 x 45.7 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1956 Untitled
oil on canvas 88.9 x 129.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1956 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 68.5 x 103.5 cm 

1956 The Red T, Orange Disc
oil on canvas 60.9 x 60.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1956 Santos
oil on plywood 86 x 115.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1956 Lightning (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 32.3 x 36.1 x 20.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1956 7 Legged Beast (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 53.6 x 57.1 x 36.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1957 Funghi Neri (Black Fungi)
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 112 x 2773.6 x 182.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1957 7 Legged Beast
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 213.3 x 213.3 x 121.9 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


Monday, 30 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 10

This is part 10 of a 16-part series on the works of Alexander Calder. For a biography of Calder see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 9 also.

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 52 x 66 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 52 x 26.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 33 x 6 cm
Private Collection

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 29.8 x 39. cm
Private Collection

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 28.8 x 39.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.7 x 79 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.7 x 49.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.1 x 78.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 56.1 x 76.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 55.8 x 76.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
oil on canvas 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache, ink, and pencil on paper 29.2 x 39.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1949 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 60.3 x 77.4 cm
Private Collection

c1949 Untitled
oil on canvas 45.5 x 19.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1950 The Watusi
sheet metal, wire, and paint22.6 cm high
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main 

1950 Performing Seal
sheet metal, wire, and paint 83.8 x 58.4 x 91.4 cm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

1950 Le 31 Janvier (The 31st of January)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 374.9 x 600 cm
 

1950 L Composed of Spirals
oil on canvas 106.6 x 64.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1950 Eight Black Dots
sheet metal, wire, and paint 37.4 x 31.1 x 12 cm
Private Collection

c1950 Onion Running Away
oil on canvas 91.4 x 81.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1950 New Blériot
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 115.5 x 114.3 x 81.2 cm
Private Collection

c1950 Birds
tin cans and wire 83.8 x 36.8 x 24.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1951 Triple Gong
brass, sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 71.1 x 172.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1951 Tower with Pinwheel
wire, wood, sheet metal, string, and paint 99 x 66 x 96.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1951 Tower with Orange Band
sheet metal, wire, wood, thread, and paint
130.8 x 93.9 x 104.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1951 Sumac with Gong
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 128.7 x 160 cm
Private Collection

1951 El-Corcovado
sheet metal, rod, wire, bolts, and paint 360 x 420 x 364.9 cm
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

1951 Black Side, White Side
sheet metal, wire, and paint 152.4 x 129.5 cm
Private Collection

1951 Bird Pull-toy
tin can, lead, wire, and string 13.9 x 15.8 x 15.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1951 Bird
tin cans and wire 39.3 x 46.9 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1951 Tower with Painting
wire, wood, sheet metal, paint, and oil on canvas mounted on wood 101.6 x 152.4 x 42.2 cm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

1952 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 127 x 157.4 cm
Private Collection

1952 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 107.9 x 113 x 26.9 cm
Private Collection

1952 Sumac VI
sheet metal, wire, and paint 120.6 x 132 cm
Mnuchin Gallery, New York

c1952 Untitled
sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint 33.9 x 27.9 x 15.8 cm
 Private Collection

c1952c Bird
tin cans and wire 50.8 x 63.5 x 40.6 cm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

1953 Myxomatosis
sheet metal, wire, and paint 21.5 x 34.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Cercle Jaune (Yellow Circle)
wool rug 162.5 x 195.5 cm

1953 Bugs and Flower
gouache and ink on paper 73.6 x 106.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Black Triangle – Red Ribbon
sheet metal, wire, and paint 57.1 x 50.8 cm
Hauser & Wirth, Zürich

1953 Araignée
wool rug 151.1 x 198.1 cm

1953 Ahab
sheet metal, wire, and paint 177 x 226 cm
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

1953 21 Feuilles Blanches (?)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 149.8 x 204.4 cm
YAGEO Foundation Collection, Taiwan

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 73.6 x 107.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 73.6 x 106.5 cm
Mayoral Galeria d'Art, Barcelona

1953 The Black Star
gouache and ink on paper 75.5 x 105.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Spheres and Stars
gouache and ink on paper 73.6 x 107.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1953 Rosenhof
 metal, rod, and paint approx 300 cm high

1953 Portrait de Famille (Family Portrait)
ink on paper 68.8 x 101.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York