Friday, 20 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 7

This is part 7 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 - 6 also.

c1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 34.2 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm
Private Collection

c1942 Untitled
gouache, ink, and pastel on paper 55.5 x 75.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1942 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 78.4 x 57.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1942 Untitled
brass wire and string 39 x 24.1 x 26.6 cm
Private Collection

c1942 Untitled
brass wire 17.4 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm
Private Collection

c1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and string 29.2 x .33 x 17.7 cm
Private Collection

c1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 88.9 x 77.4 x 38.7 cm
Seattle Art Museum

c1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 82.5 x 132 x 22.8 cm
Private Collection

c1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 54.6 x 173.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1943 Black Tulip
sheet metal, wire, and paint 198.1 x 124.4 x 99 cm
Private Collection

1943 Constellation with Quadrilateral
wood, wire, and paint 38.1 x 39.3 x 25.7 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1943 Constellation with Diabolo
wood, wire, and paint 61.5 x 46.3  x40.6 cm
Private Collection

1943 Constellation with Bottles
wood, wire, and paint 43.1 x .34.9 x 32.3 cm
Private Collection

1943 Constellation with Bishop
wood, wire, and paint 60.9 x 100.3 x  27.3 cm
Private Collection

1943 Constellation Mobile
wood, wire, string, and paint 134.6 x 121.9 x 88.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1943 Constellation
wood, wire, and paint 72.3 x 45.2 x 27.9 cm
Private Collection

1943 Constellation
wood, wire, and paint 34.2 x 69.2 x33 cm
Private Collection
 

1943 Constellation
wood and wire 63.5 x 22.8 x 33 cm
Private Collection

1943 Constellation with Sundial
wood, wire, and paint 60.9 x 71.9 x 53 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1943 Constellation with Red Knife
wood, wire, and paint 48.2 x 53.3 x 38.1 cm
Seattle Art Museum

1943 The Big Ear
sheet metal, bolts, and paint 28.1 x 182.8 x 149.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1943 Morning Star
sheet metal, wire, wood, and paint 203.2 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943 Hen
wood, wire, and paint 47.6 x 22.8 x 10.1 cm
Private Collection

1943 Easter Hat
wood, wire, and paint 42.5 x 17.7 x 7.6 cm
Private Collection

1943 Untitled
wood and wire 25.7 x .17.1 x 9.2 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1943 Untitled
wood and paint 73.3 x 25.4 x22.2 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
 

1943 Untitled
metal, wire, string, wood, and paint 49.2 x 53.6 x 13.9 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1943 Untitled 
wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint 73.9 x 40 x 77 cm
Private Collection

1943 Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone
wood, wire, and paint 57.4 x 72.7 x 65 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
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1943 Vertical Constellation with Bomb
wood, wire, and paint 78.7 x 76.2 x 45.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
 

1943 Wooden Bottle with Hairs
wood and wire 53.9 x 40 x 30.7 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

c1943 Untitled
wood, wire, and paint 43.1 x 31.1 x4.4 cm
Private Collection

c1943 Constellation
wood, wire, and paint 57.1 x 72.3 x 50.8 cm
Private Collection

1944 Fetishes
oil on canvas 71.1 x 60.9 cm
Foundation, New York

1944 Fawn
bronze 83.8 x 51.4 x 31.1 cm

1944 Explosive Object
sheet metal, wire, and paint 110 x 134.6 cm
Private Collection

1944 Bollards
gouache and ink on paper 78.7 x 57.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1944 Abstraction
gouache and ink on paper 57.1 x 78.7 cm
The Newark Museum, New Jersey

1944 4 + 3
sheet metal, wire, and paint 216.5 x  339 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1944 Pierced Stone
bronze 92.3 cm high

1944 On One Knee
bronze 110.4 x 101.6 x 66 cm

1944 Octopus
bronze 63.5 x 90.8 x 59.6 cm
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

1944 Lentil
bronze 51.4 x 38.7 x 26.6 cm

1944 Fish
rod, steel wire, brass wire, glass, ceramic, sheet metal, string, and paint 52 x 129.5 x 83.8 cm

1944 Fetishes
oil on canvas 71.1 x 60.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New Yor
k

1944 The Trio
ink on paper 57.7 x 78.1 cm
 

1944 The Helices
bronze 80 x 79.3 x 60.9 cm

1944 The Fish
rod, wire, glass, ceramic, mirror, metal, beads, and string
40.6 x 100.6 x 6.3 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1944 Still Life
bronze 64.7 x 38.7 x 29.2 cm

1944 Snake on Arch
bronze 111.7 x 71/1 x 45.7 cm

1944 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.4 x 78.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1944 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.1 x 79 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1944 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.1 x 78.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York