Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 2


This is part 2 of a 16-part series on the works of Alexander Calder. For a biography of Calder and for earlier works, see part 1 also.

1928 Shoofly Elephant
pencil, ink, and gouache on paper 11.4 x 20.3 cm
 Calder Foundation, New York

1928 Romulus and Remus
wire and wood 77.4 x 316.2 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
 

1928 Rocking Zebra
pencil, ink, and gouache on paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1928 Portrait of a Chinese Man
wire 40.6 x 21.5 x 22.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1928 Marion Greenwood
brass wire 32 x 28.2 x 28.8 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1928 Three Men up High
 wood and paint 76.8 x 18.4 x 14.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1928 The Elephant Hunters Chair
(maquette)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1928 St. George and the Dragon
wood 60.9 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

1928 Spring
wire and wood 233.6 x 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1928 Sow
wire and wood 19 x 43.1 x 7.6 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1928 Wire Sculpture by Calder
wire 12.5 x 65.7 x 12.3 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1928 Victorine (The Circus Queen)
wire and wood 48.8 x 25.4 x 15.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1928 Josephine Baker
steel wire 100.9 cm high
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

c1928 Jimmy Durante
wire 31.7 x 30.4 x .23.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1928 Flower
brass wire 25.7 x  18 x 18 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1928 African Head
wood 39.3 x 39.3 x 45.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1928 The Flapper
wood 66.6 x. 23.4 x 14.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1928 Singe (Monkey)
wood and wire  43.1 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1928 Rearing Stallion
wire, wood, and paint 57.7 x 3.2 x 24.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

c1928 Portrait of a Man
brass wire 32.7 x 22.2 x 34.2 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

c1928 Woman
wood 59.3 x 19.8 x 16.5 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

c1928 Untitled
wood 87.6 x 16.5 x 8.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1928 Untitled 
wood 55.2 x 10.7 x 8.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Fish
brass wire 12.7 x 13.9 x 5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Femme (Woman)
wood 46 x 43.1 x 14.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Dr. Hans Cürlis
wire 30.4 x 19 x 7.6 cm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

1929 Circus Scene
wire, wood, and paint 127 x 118.7 x 46 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Acrobats
wire and rod 90.9 x 90.1 x 29.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Mary Einstein
wire 27.9 x 20.9 x 27.9 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1929 Lioness
wood 40.6 x 81.2 x 12.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 La Négresse
wire 43.1 x 100.3 cm
Private Collection

1929 Goldfish Bowl
wire 40.6 x 38.1 x 15.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Fish
brass wire 12.7 x 13.9 x 5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 Totem Pole
wood 165.7 x 20.9 x 12 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1929 The Brass Family
wire and wood 170.1 x 104.4 x 22.5 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1929 Pelican
80.6 x23'8 x 14.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1929 Vache (Cow)
wire 18.4 x 35.5 x 13.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1929 Horse
wire and wood 46.1 x 73 x 29.8 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

c1929 Femme (Woman)
wire 46.5 x 38.1 x 31.7 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

c1929 Cartoon for a textile
gouache, ink, and pencil on paper 30.4 x 22.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Cheval (Horse)
bronze 11.4 x 20.3 x 12 cm

1930 Cheval (Horse)
bronze 10.1 x 21.5 x 10.1 cm

1930 Chat (Cat)
plaster 17.1 x 13.9 cm

1930 Aztec Josephine Baker
wire 134.6 x 25.4 x 22.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Ane (Ass)
bronze 11.4 x 4.7 x 15.2 cm
 

1930 Fernand Léger
steel wire 40.6 x 35.5 cm
Private Collection

1930 Femme sur les mains (Woman on hands)
bronze 10.7 x 15.5 x 13.3 cm

1930 Elephant
bronze 15.2 x 23.8 x 10.1 cm

1930 Edgar Varèse
wire 38.1 x 29.8 x 31.7 cm

1930 Double Cat
wood 15.2 x 128.9 x 15.8 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1930 Deux acrobates (Two acrobats)
bronze, wood, and paint 29.8 x 16.8 x 6.9 cm