Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Alexander Calder - part 8

This is part 8 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 - 7 also.

1944 Upstanding T 
 bronze and wire 78.1 x 36.8 x 25.4 cm 

1944 Untitled
 ink with watercolour wash 56.8 x 78.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1944 Untitled
ink on paper 78.7 x 57.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1944 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper
Calder Foundation, New York

1944 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 78.1 x 57.7 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1944 Untitled
wire, string, glass, pottery, and plexiglass 86.3 x 78.7 x 66 cm
Private Collection

c1944 Untitled
nk and gouache on paper 57.1 x 79.3 cm
wood, rod, wire, and paint

c1944 Little Black Flower
sheet metal, wire, and paint 69.8 x 90.1 cm
Private Collection

1945 Morning Cobweb (maquette)
sheet metal and paint 90.8 x 58.2 x 53.3 cm
Private Collection

1945 Mobile with 14 Flags (maquette for Man-Eater with Pennants)
sheet metal, rod, and paint 134.6 x approx. 127 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945 Lily of Force
sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint 233 x 205.7 x 226 cm
Private Collection

1945 Les Abattis (The Abattis)
wood and wire 31.7 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel

1945 Bayonets Menacing a Flower
Samsung Museum of Art 114.3 x 147.9 x 48.2 cm
Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art, St. Louis

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1945 23 feuilles à l'écart (23 sheets of paper set aside)
sheet metal, wire, and paint 162.5 x 294.9 x 251.4 cm
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1945 The General Sherman
sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 81.2 x 111.7 x 58.4 cm
Private Collection

1945 The Forest is the Best Place
sheet metal, wire, and paint approx, 25.4 cm high
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1945 The Black Spoon
wood, rod, wire, and paint 56.5 x 59.6 x 40.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1945 Untitled
wood, rod, wire, and paint 38.7 x 53.9 x 30.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1945 Untitled
wire and paint 13.9 x 10.1 x 10.1 cm
Private Collection

1945 Untitled
oil painting 76.2 x 76.2 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1945 Untitled
oil on canvas 71.1 x 86.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York
 

1945 Untitled
oil on canvas 40.6 x 30.7 cm
 

1945 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 39.6 x 38.1 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

c1945 Untitled
sheet metal, wire, and paint 81.2 x 109.2 x 30.4 cm
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art

c1945 Dollhouse
wood, sheet metal, wire, electrical wiring, leather, nails, rubber tubing, mirror, string, paint, and bicycle bell
185.1 x 49.2 x 55.8 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Impartial Forms
oil on canvas 121.9 x 152.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Helmet with Eyes
oil on canvas 76.8 x 63.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Grand Piano, Red
sheet metal, wire, and paint 24.4 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm
Private Collection

1946 Bosquet is the Best Best
sheet metal, wire, and paint 205.7 x 185.3 x 114.3 cm
Private Collection

1946 Blue T with Orange Spot
sheet metal 6.9 x 7.6 x 6.3 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Baby Flat Top
sheet metal, wire, and paint 124.4 x 200 x 44.4 cm
Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland

1946 The S-Shaped Vine
 sheet metal, rod, wire, and paint 250.1 x 175.2 cm
The Broad, Los Angeles, CA

1946 Striped Woman
oil on canvas 63.5 x 50.8 cm
Nahmad Collection, Geneva

1946 Red T with Black Flags
sheet metal, wire, and paint 62.8 x 38.7 x 35.5 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Ogunquit
sheet metal, wire, and paint 190.5 x 447 cm
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 57.7 x 80 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
lithograph 50.1 x 40 cm
Printed by Mourlot, Paris: Distributed by Buchholz Gallery, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 66 x 99.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 66 x 99.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 66 x 99 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 66 99.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
ink and watercolour on paper 33 x 26 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 74.9 x 119.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 74.9 x 110.4 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 66 x 99.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
gouache and ink on paper 66 x 99 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
oil on canvas 66 x 99.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
oil on canvas 63.5 x 106.6 cm
Calder Foundation, New York

1946 Untitled
lithograph 50.3 x 40  cm
Printed by Mourlot, Paris: Distributed by Buchholz Gallery, New York

1946 Untitled
lithograph 50.1 x 40 cm
Printed by Mourlot, Paris: Distributed by Buchholz Gallery, New York

1946 Untitled
lithograph 49.5  x 39.8 cm
Printed by Mourlot, Paris: Distributed by Buchholz Gallery, New York

1946 Untitled
lithograph 40 x 50.1 cm
Printed by Mourlot, Paris: Distributed by Buchholz Gallery, New York