Not on view
Date
c. 1940
Classification
Sculpture
Medium
Painted sheet metal and wire
Dimensions
Overall: 49 1/2 × 35 1/2in. (125.7 × 90.2 cm)
Accession number
84.41
Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest
Rights and reproductions
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Exhibitions
Installation photography
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Installation view of Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 28, 2017–June 2, 2019). From left to right: Isamu Noguchi, Humpty Dumpty, 1946; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). Center, floor: Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 82.44a-e. Center, hanging: Alexander Calder, Black Lace, c. 1947, Calder Foundation, New York. From left to right, back: Alexander Calder, Red, White, Black and Brass, 1934, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1942, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Snake and the Cross, 1936, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, S and Star, 1941, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Red Disc and Gong, 1940, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41 ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). From front to back, right to left: Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 82.44a-e; Alexander Calder, Black Lace, c. 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Red Disc and Gong, 1940, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013 ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). Clockwise beginning in top right corner: Alexander Calder, Black Lace, c. 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Red Disc and Gong, 1940, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Black Tulip, c. 1942, Collection of Irma and Norman Braman; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Blizzard (Roxbury Flurry), 1946, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Louisa Calder 77.85a-d; Alexander Calder, The Helices, 1944, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Sea Scape, 1947, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 72.121; Alexander Calder, Red Panel, 1936, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Hour Glass, 1941, The Lipman Family Foundation, long term loan to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Alexander Calder, Bifurcated Tower, 1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. and exchange 73.31a-f; Alexander Calder, Triple Gong, c. 1948, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Octopus, 1944, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift of Lois Orswell; Alexander Calder, Two Spheres, 1931, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Machine motorisée, 1933, Calder Foundation, New York, Alexander Calder, Red Panel, c. 1934, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). Clockwise from top left corner: Alexander Calder, Triple Gong, c. 1948, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift pf Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 82.44a-e; Alexander Calder, Aspen, 1948, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, 1941, The Lipman Family foundation, long-term loan to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Alexander Calder, Big Red, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art and by exchange 61.46a-c; Alexander Calder, Parasite, 1947, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Smoke Rings, 1968, Nahmad Collection; Alexander Calder, Fish, 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, bequest of Richard S. Zeisler 2007.82; Alexander Calder, Red White Black and Brass, 1934, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S.C. Rower; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1942, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Snake and the Cross, 1936, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1938, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower; Alexander Calder, S and Star, 1941, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quart-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 70.3a-b; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Whip Snake (Snake on the Post), 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 70.3a-b; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013 ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). Clockwise beginning top center: Alexander Calder, Big Red, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art and by exchange 61.46a-c; Alexander Calder, Black Lace, c. 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Triple Gong, c. 1948, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Two Spheres, 1931, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Red Panel, c. 1934, Calder Foundation, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower; Alexander Calder, Machine motorisée, 1933, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, 1941, The Lipman Family Foundation, long-term loan to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, T.1996.7; Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 82.44a-e; Alexander Calder, Bifurcated Tower, 1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. and exchange 73.31a-f; Alexander Calder, Hour Glass, 1941, The Lipman Family Foundation, long-term loan to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, T.1996.8; Alexander Calder, Red Disc and Gong, 1940, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Sea Scape, 1947, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 72.121; Alexander Calder, The Helices, 1944, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Blizzard (Roxbury Flurry), 1946, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Louisa Calder; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Black Tulip, c. 1942, Collection of Irma and Norman Braman; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jeam Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, S and Star, 1941, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Snake and the Cross, 1936, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Smoke Rings, 1968, Nahmad Collection; Alexander Calder, Red, White, Black and Brass, 1934, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S.C. Rower; Alexander Calder, Fish, 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, bequest of Richard S. Zeisler 2007.82 ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). From left to right: Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1942, Calder Foundation, New York ; Alexander Calder, Snake and the Cross, 1936, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1938, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower; Alexander Calder, S and Star, 1941, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 82.44a-e; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Red Disc and Gong, 1940, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, Whip Snake (Snake on the Post), 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 70.3a-b; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Black Tulip, c. 1942, Collection of Irma and Norman Braman. Hanging above center: Alexander Calder, Black Lace, c. 1947, Calder Foundation, New York ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). From left to right: Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, Whip Snake (Snake on the Post), 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 70.3a-b; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Black Tulip, c. 1942, Collection of Irma and Norman Braman; Alexander Calder, Blizzard (Roxbury Flurry), 1946, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Louisa Calder 77.85a-d ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). Hanging from left to right: Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York. Standing from left to right: Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, Whip Snake (Snake on the Post), 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 70.3a-b; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Black Tulip, c. 1942, Collection of Irma and Norman Braman ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of Calder: Hypermobility (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 9-October 23, 2017). Clockwise beginning from bottom left: Alexander Calder, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, 1941, The Lipman Family Foundation, long-term loan to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, T.1996.7; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1938, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower; Alexander Calder, S and Star, 1941, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41; Alexander Calder, Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere, 1932, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.258; Alexander Calder, Whip Snake (Snake on the Post), 1944, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 70.3a-b; Alexander Calder, The Water Lily, c. 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Bayard Storey in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2013; Alexander Calder, Red Sticks, c. 1943, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1947, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Black Tulip, c. 1942, Collection of Irma and Norman Braman; Alexander Calder, Red Disc and Gong, 1940, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Blizzard (Roxbury Flurry), 1946, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Louisa Calder 77.85a-d; Alexander Calder, The Helices, 1944, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Sea Scape, 1947, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 72.121; Alexander Calder, Red Panel, 1936, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, Bifurcated Tower, 1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. and exchange 73.31a-f; Alexander Calder, Triple Gong, c. 1948, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Two Spheres, 1931, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Holton Rower; Alexander Calder, Red Panel, c. 1934, Calder Foundation, New York, promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower; Alexander Calder, Octopus, 1944, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge Massachusetts, gift of Lois Orswell; Alexander Calder, Machine motorisée, 1933, Calder Foundation, New York; Alexander Calder, The Arches, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 82.44a-e; Alexander Calder, Myrtle Burl, 1941, Calder Foundation, New York, Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011; Alexander Calder, Aspen, 1948, Calder Foundation, New York ©2017 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, N.Y. Photograph Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Calder: Hypermobility
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Installation view of The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28, 2019- ). Nick Mauss, Images in Mind, 2018. Hanging: Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965