Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 4

This is part 4 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 - 3 also.

1932 Tightrope Artist
ink on paper 35.7 x  47.9 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
 

1932 Spectacles
steel wire 10.7 x 13 x 15.2 cm
Private Collection

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 57.7 x 78.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 57.7 x 78.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 55.8 x 78.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 55.5 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 55.5 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink and gouache on paper 57.7 x 78.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 78.1 x 58.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 77.7 x 57.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 76.2 x 55.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Untitled
ink on paper 76.2 x 53.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1933 The Planet
ink on paper 54.9 x 74.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1933 Monde Ètrange (Strange World)
ink on paper 57.7 x 78.1 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1933 Machine motorisée (Motorised machine)
wood, wire, and paint, with motor 95.2 x 50.1 x 48.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1933 La Rampe (The Ramp)
gouache and ink on paper 58.1 x 78.1 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1933 Cône d'ébène (Ebony cone)
wood, wire, rod, and paint 269.2 x 139.7 x 60.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1933 Collar Button and Cuff Link
gouache and ink on paper 77.4 x 57.7 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1933 Untitled
wire, iron, rod, wood, and paint 100.3 x 100 x 100
Private Collection

1933 Untitled
ink and gouache on paper 55.5 x 75.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1933 Untitled
wire, wood, and paint 29.9 x 43.1 x 39.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1933 Requin et Baleine (Shark and Whale)
wood, rod, and paint 86.3 x 101.9 x 15.8 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1934 Red White, Black and Brass
sheet metal, rod, wire, brass, and paint 24.1 x 172.7 x 134.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1934 Red and Yellow Vane
sheet metal, rod, wire, lead, and paint 175.2 x 203.2 x 71.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1934 Money Bags
wood 35.2 x 39.3 x 29.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1934 Little Blue Panel
plywood, wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint, with motor 48.2 x 26.3 x 13.9 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

1934 Black Frame
wood, sheet metal, tubing, rod, wire, and paint, with motor
93.9 x 93.9 x 60.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1934 A Universe
iron pipe, wire, wood, string, and paint, with motor
102.8 x 76.2 x 73.6 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934 Untitled
wood, wire, sheet metal, and paint, with motor
 29.8 x 20.3 x 17.7 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934 Untitled
wood, rod, wire, string, and paint 168.2 x 78.1 x 55.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1934 Untitled
wood, rod, and string 99 x 91.4 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1934 The White Frame
wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint, with motor 228.6 x 274.3 cm
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1934 Steel Fish
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 115 x 137 x 25.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1934 Starfish
wood, string, rod, and wire 220.9 x 144.7 x 144.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1934 Untitled
pipe, rod, wood, wire, paint, and string 115.5 x 96.8 x 32.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1934 Square
plywood, sheet metal, rod, wood, and paint, with motor
121.9 x 121.9 x 55.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1934 Red Panel
plywood, wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint, with motors
30.1 x 20.9 x 19 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1934 Mobile
nickel-plated wood, wire, and rod 107.9 x 30.1 x 50.8 cm
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

1935 Untitled
wood, metal, and string 76.2 x 99 x 96.5 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1935 Untitled
wood and wire 100 x 59.6 x 20 cm
Private Collection

1935 Untitled
wood and wire 40.3 x 28.5 x 11.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1935 Grandeur-Immense (Immense-Size)
ink and crayon on etching proof 21.5 x 27.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1935 Assembled Bits of Wood
wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint 52.3 x 40.6 x 15.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1935 Fish Ashtray
sheet metal and wire 17.7 x 8.5 x 1.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1935 Baby rattle
silver sheet metal and wire 25.4 x 19 x 3.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1936 Ex Octopus (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 43.4 x43.1 x 26.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1936 Elephant
sheet metal and paint 69.8 x 83.8 x 88.9 cm
Private Collection

1936 Cello on a Spindle
sheet metal, wood, lead, and paint 170.1 x 119.3 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich

1936 Blue Panel
plywood, sheet metal, rod, wire, string, and paint
 167.3 x 92 x 93.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1936 Big Bird (maquette)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 33.6 x 20.9 x 18.4 cm
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

1936 4 Woods
walnut, sheet metal, and steel pins 77.4 x .45 x 48.8 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA




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