Jan 1
Alexander Calder, Musique de Varèse, (wire, sheet metal, wood, and paint), 1931 [Photograph by Marc Vaux. © Calder Foundation, New York / ARS, New York; © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection]
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Alexander Calder, Musique de Varèse, (wire, sheet metal, wood, and paint), 1931 [Photograph by Marc Vaux. © Calder Foundation, New York / ARS, New York; © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Marc Vaux Collection]
FishFriday 🐠:
Alexander Calder (USA, 1898-1976)
Goldfish Bowl, 1929
Wire, 16 x 15 x 6 in.
Calder Foundation, NY
ℹ️ This is Calder’s his first formal mechanized sculpture - the two fish wiggle as you turn a crank. He gave it to his mother as a Christmas gift.
Kiki de Montparnasse was born on this day in 1901. An iconic personality in 1920s Paris, the French polymath posed for many of the best-known artists of her day, including Calder, Cocteau, Picabia, Soutine, and her longtime companion, Man Ray. When Pathé produced a short film on Calder in his rue Cels studio in 1929, the artist invited Kiki to model for a wire portrait. Calder sculpted her likeness a second time the following year, seen here, which now belongs to the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris. Notably, about 1930, Calder also made Féminité, an abstraction of her visage.
Kiki de Montparnasse II (1930), Saché, 1963. Photograph by Ugo Mulas. © 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Alexander Calder - Musique de Varèse (1931)
photo: Marc Vaux
Alexander Calder Foundation
Alexander Calder: The Circus (1926 - 1931)
Photos © 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (as seen in Vulture).
Alexander Calder
Flying Colors, 1973
Specially formulated aerospace paint on DC 8-62 airplane
Calder Foundation, New York
Between 1960 and 1965, five standing mobiles by Alexander Calder were picked up from the artist’s studio in France and sent to his dealers in New York and Paris. According to Calder Foundation, the top of each standing mobile was mismatched with the base of one of the other sculptures it had departed with. One of these mobiles, currently untitled and undated, was purchased by the Calder Foundation at auction this year. It is the intention of the Foundation to reunite the top with its original base in the future. Until that time arrives, the sculpture has been placed in artist Jill Magid’s long term care. Today, as part of Calder: Hypermobility, Magid will activate the standing mobile by passing through its transitory states, setting the work into motion beyond Calder’s intention. Live activations will take place at the top of the hour from 1–5 pm in our theater!
[Jill Magid, Awaiting Alexander Calder, 2017. Gif. © Jill Magid. All works by Alexander Calder © 2017 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]