Friday, 6 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 3

This is part 3 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 & 2 also.

1930 Sphérique
wire, brass, wood, and paint 137.5 x 32.3 x 31.7 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1930 Shark Sucker
wood 27.3 x 78.4 x 26 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930 Pieds en l'air (Feet in the air)
bronze 18.4 x 21.5 x 17.1 cm

1930 Old Bull
sheet brass and steel rod 26 x 50.8 x 10.4 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1930 Kiki de Montparnasse
wire 34.2 x 27.6 x 34.6 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1930 Halterophile (Weightlifter)
bronze 21.5 x 17.4 x 3.8 cm

1930 Tête par terre (Head on the ground)
bronze 14.2 x 15.2 x 7.9 cm

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 46 x 33.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 45.7 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 40.9 x 27.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 40.6 x 33 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 20.6 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 73.6 x 59.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 60.9 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 60.6 x 37/7 cm cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 53.6 x 81.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 47.6 x 91.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 97.1 x 64.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 91.7 x 73 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 81.2 x 66 cm
Museé National de la coopération franco-americaine, Blérancourt, France

1930 Untitled
oil on canvas 81.2 x  60 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1930 Vache (Cow)
bronze 14.6 x 20.3 x 8.5 cm

c1930 Joan Miró
steel wire 29 x .26.9 cm
Private Collection

c1930 Femme couchée (Woman lying down)
bronze 5 x 34.9 x 7.6 cm

c1930 Féminité (Femininity)
wire, wood, tin, doorknobs, and paint 45.7 cm high

c1930 de Celeyran
wire 32 x 29.8 x 22.8 cm
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison

c1930 Arc 5
wood, steel wire, and paint 91.4 x 33.3 x 17.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1930 Amédée Ozenfant
wire 60 x 40 x 36.9 cm
Private Collection

c1930 Medusa
wire 31.1 x 43.8 x .24.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1931 Pantograph
 sheet metal, wood, wire, and paint, with motor 90.1 x 113 x 55.8
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1931 Object with Red Discs
sheet metal, wood, wire, rod, and paint 21.5 x 130.1 x  62.2 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1931 Object with Red Ball
wood, sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 155.5 x 97.7 x 31.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1931 Little Ball with Counterweight
sheet metal, wire, wood, and paint 161.9 x  48.8 x 45.7 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1931 Croisière (Cruise)
wire, wood, and paint 93.9 x 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1931 Ben Hur
ink on paper 48.5 x 63.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1931 Untitled
wood, wire, sheet metal, string, and paint
119.3 x 73.6 x 29.8 cm
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona

1931 Untitled
wire, rod, wood, and paint 180.3 x 109.2 x 119.3 cm
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona

1931 Two Spheres
wood, wire, paint, and motor 31.7 x 27.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1931 Two spheres within a sphere
wire, wood, and paint 34.2 x 43.1 x 43.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1931 Small Feathers
wire, wood, lead, and paint 97.7 x 81.2 x 40.6 cm
 Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Monde Ètrange (Strange World)
gouache and ink on paper 78.1 x 58.4 cm
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1932 Half-circle, Quarter-circle and Sphere
sheet metal, wood, rod, and paint, with motor
 194.6 x 90.1 x 63.5 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1932 Double Arc and Sphere
wood, wire, rod, string, and paint, with motor
 82.5 x 29.2 x 28.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Dancing Torpedo Shape
wood, wire, sheet
metal, and paint, with motor
73 x 59.6 x 27.9 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Cadre (Frame)
rouge sheet metal, wood, wire, and paint 88.9 x 76.8 x 67.3 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

1932 Acrobat
ink on paper 35.5 x 48.2 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

1932 Space Tunnel
watercolour and ink on paper 57.7 x 77.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

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

1932 Rod and Punky
ink on paper 53.3 x 79.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1932 Movement in Space
ink and gouache on paper 57.7 x 78.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.