This is part 5 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 - 4 also.
1936 Praying Mantis
wood, rod, wire, string, and paint 198.1 x 129.5 x 101.6 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT1936 Object with Yellow Background
plywood, sheet metal, wood, rod, wire, string, and paint
149.8 x 101.6 x 83.8 cm
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii1936 Mobile
sheet metal, wire, rod, string, and paint 22.8 x 40.6 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York1936 Little Yellow Panel
wood, sheet metal, wire, string, and paint
113.6 x 48.8 x .48.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1936 Gibraltar
wood, wire, and paint 129.5 x 61.5 x 28.8 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York1936 Untitled
sheet metal, paint, wire, and wood 74.9 x 33 x 35.5 cm
Stiftung Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany1936 Untitled
sheet metal and paint 28.2 x 27.9 x 22.8 cm
Private Collection1936 The Orange Panel
plywood, sheet metal, wood, wire, and paint, with motor
91.4 x 121.9 x 22.8 cm
Private Collection1936 Snake and the Cross
sheet metal, wood, rod, wire, string, and paint
205.7 x 129.5 x 111.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1936 Red Panel
plywood. sheet metal, tubing, rod, wood, wire, string, and paint
274.3 x 152.4 x 111.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1936 Red Panel
plywood. sheet metal, rod, string, and paint 121.9 x 76.2 x 60.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1936 Yellow Panel
plywood, sheet metal, wood, rod, wire, and paint
123.1 x 81.5 x 77.4 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.1936 White Panel
plywood, sheet metal, tubing, wood, rod, wire, string, and paint 214.6 x 119.3 x 129.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1936 Yellow Panel
plywood, wood, sheet metal, wire, paint, and motor
177.8 x 98.1 x 40 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Parisc1936 Petit Panneau Bleu (Small Blue Panel)
plywood, sheet metal, wood, rod, wire, and paint, with motor 33.3 x 49.5 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris1937 Untitled
plywood, wood, rod, wire, string, and paint
163.8 x 91.4 x 73.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1937 Harlequin
sheet metal, rod, string, and paint147.3 cm wide
Private Collection1937 Devil Fish
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 172.7 x 162.5 x 119.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1937 Big Bird
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 223.5 x 127 x 149.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1937 À bas la Méditerranée (Down with the Mediterranean)
silver wire 8.8 x 7.3 cm each 1937/43 Mercury Fountain
sheet metal, wood, wire, and paint 78.1 x 105.4 x 106 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1938 Untitled
wire, wood, string, and rod, with motor and steel bar
220.9 x 114.3 x 99 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1938 Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair)
sheet metal, wood, wire, string, and paint 37.4 x 50.1 x 24.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1938 Untitled (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair)
metal, wood, wire, string, and paint 40 x .25 x 25 cm
Moderna Museet, Stockholm1938 Spherical Triangle
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 243.8 cm high
Prefeitura, Da Cidade Do Rio De Janeiro
(City Hall of Rio Janeiro)1938 Dancers and Sphere (maquette for 1939 New York World's Fair)
sheet metal, wood, wire, string, and paint, with motor
61.5 x 45.7 x 79.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1938 Apple Monster
wood, wire, and paint 167.6 x 140.9 x 82.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1938 The Spider and the Fly 8
brass wire and string 55.2. x 42.5 x 20.9 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT1939 Hollow Egg
wire, rod, and paint 137.1 x 99.6 x 79.6 cm
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.1939 Gothic Construction from Scraps
sheet metal, wire, and paint 86.3 x 60.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1939 Four Leaves and Three Petals
sheet metal, wire, and paint 204.9 x 173.9 x 135.8 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris1939 Brooch
brass wire and Plexigals 9.8 x 8.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York 1939 Black Petals
sheet metal, rod, and paint 213.3 x 220.9 x 86.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1939 Black Beast (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 53.3 x 71.1 x 43.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1939 Untitled (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 53.3 x 68.5 x 68.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1939 Spiny (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 66 x 76.2 x 36.5 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York1939 Sphere Pierced by Cylinders
wire and paint 210.8 x 86.3 x 109.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1939 Leaves and Tripod
rod, wire, sheet metal, lead, and paint 236.2 x 165.1 x 101.6 cm
Private Collection1939 La Demoiselle (The Lady)
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 149.2 x 99 x 53.3 cm
Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland1939 Hollow Egg
wire, rod, and paint 137.1 x 99.6 x 79.6 cm
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.1939 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 37.1 x 22.8 x 27.6 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York1939 Untitled
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 140.9 x 163.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York1939 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 The Tuning Fork
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 83.8 x 73.6 x 40.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 Little Mobile for Table's Edge
sheet metal, wire, and paint 48.2 x 60.9 x .3.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 Little Arch (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 49.5 x 40 x 33 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 Cage within a Cage
rod, wire, wood, string, and paint 93.9 x 148.2 x 67.9 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New Yorkc1939 Untitled
crayon and ink on paper 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 Untitled
crayon and ink on paper 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 116.8 x 80 x 35.8 cm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Baselc1939 Untitled
sheet metal 48.8 x 30.4 x 26 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yorkc1939 Untitled
crayon and pencil on paper 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York
