Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 6

This is part 6 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 - 5 also. 

1940 Red Disc and Gong
wood, canvas, sheet metal, rod, cloth, string, and paint
157.4 x 171.1 x 6.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1940 Hanging Spider
sheet metal, wire, and paint 125.7 x 90.1 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1940 Eucalyptus
sheet metal, wire, and paint 240 x 154.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1940 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 14.4 x 12 x 12 cm
Private Collection

1940 13 Spines
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 218.4 x 218.4 cm
Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

1940 Untitled
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 88.9 x 106.6 cm
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio

1940 Untitled
sheet metal, rivets, and paint 82.2 x 45.7 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1940 The Spider
sheet metal, wire, and paint 241.3 x 251.4 x 185.4 cm
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas

c1940 Untitled
wood, sheet metal, lead, and wire 40 x 17.1 x 10.1 cm
Private Collection

c1940 Untitled
wire, brass, and paint 26.6 x 22.8 x 17.1 cm
Private Collection

c1940 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, string, and paint 97.7 x 99 x 28.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York 

c1940 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 114.3 x 68.5 x 48.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1940 Untitled
sheet metal, leather, wood, string, and cloth 147.3 x 124.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1940 Little Spider s
heet metal, rod, wire, and paint 139.7 x 127 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1941 Little Face
thread, wire, glass, and wood 34.2 x 26.6 x 15.2 cm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

1941 Giraffe
sheet metal, wire, and paint 259 x 96.5 x 142.2 cm
Private Collection

1941 Boomerangs
sheet metal, wire, and paint 114.3 x 297.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Black Thing
sheet metal and paint 79.3 x 60.9 x 53.3 cm
Private Collection

1941 Arc of Petals
sheet metal, wire, rivets, and paint 240 x 220 x 90 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

1941 Aluminium Leave, Red Post
sheet metal, wire, and paint 152.4 x 152.4 cm
The Lipman Family Foundation

1941 The Clangour
sheet metal, wire, and paint 498.7 x 243.8 cm
Private Collection

1941 S and Star
plywood, speedometer cable, sheet metal, wire, and paint, with motor 121.9 x 60.9 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Red Petals (maquette)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 40.6 x 30.4 x 15.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Peacock
sheet metal, wire, and paint 93.3 x 125.7 cm
Private Collection

1941 Myrtle Burl
wood, sheet metal, wire, and paint 62.2 x 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Mobile with Four Spots
sheet metal, plywood, wire, paint, and automotive cable, with motor 71.1 x 56.8 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1941 Untitled
sheet metal, wood, rod, and paint 39.3 x 24.1 x 58.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 116.8 x 73.6 x 55.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 30.4 x 101.6 x 55.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Un effet du japonais (A Japanese Effect)
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 203.2 x 203.2 x 121.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 Tree
sheet metal, wood, glass, mirror, plastic, wire, string, and paint 238.7 x 137.1 x 129.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1941 The Great Yucca
sheet metal, wire, lead, and paint 259 x 127 x 60.9 cm
Private Collection

1941 Yucca
sheet metal, wire, and paint 186.6 x 58.4 x 50.8 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1941 Yucca
sheet metal, wire, and paint 103.5 x 39.1 x 27.9 cm
Private Collection

1941 Wheat
sheet metal, wire, and paint 81.2 x 106.6 x 106.6 cm
Private Collection

1941 Vertical Foliage
sheet metal, wire, and paint 135.8 x 167.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1941 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, string, and wood 97.1 x 83.8 x 29.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1941 Red Cone with bright Flags and black Leaves
sheet metal, wire, and paint 57.7 x 80 x 15.8 cm
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

c1941 Calderoulette
brass wire and thread 52.7 x 71.1 x 43.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1942 Red Petals
sheet metal, wire, and paint 259 x 91.4 x 121.9 cm
The Arts Club of Chicago, IL

1942 Horizontal Spines
wire, rod, sheet metal, and paint 138.4 x 127 x 57.1 cm
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA

1942 France Forever
sheet metal, wood, string, wire, and paint 180 x 169.8 cm
Musée de l'Armée, Paris

1942 Fish Rod
wire, glass, porcelain, string, and paint 38.1 x 92.7 cm
Seattle Art Museum

1942 Clangors
sheet metal, rod, string, and paint 67.3 x 129.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1942 Black Spot on Gimbals
wire, wood, and paint 40.6 x 48.2 x 21.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York 

1942 Untitled
wood, wire, glass, and string 133.9 x 66 x 30.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1942 Untitled
wood, rod, string, wire, and paint 99 x 76.2 x 55.8 cm
Private Collection

1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 92.7 x 55.8 x 40.6 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1942 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 115.5 x 139.7 x 48.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1942 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 75.5 x 55.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1942 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.4 x 78.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

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