Calder 1941

1941 was a seminal year in Alexander Calder’s career and the apotheosis of a decade of experimentation following his invention of the mobile in 1931. Published on the occasion of the 2011 exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York, this catalogue presents a selection of Calder’s hanging and standing mobiles created over the course of this milestone year. Along with an essay by Calder scholar Jessica Holmes, Calder 1941 also includes a series of 1941 photographs of the artist’s Roxbury, Connecticut, studio by celebrated photographer Herbert Matter, which capture many of the works on view.