American, 1898-1976
The Spider, 1940 Painted sheet metal and steel rod, 95 x 99 x 73 in. (241.3 x 251.5 x 185.4 cm.)
Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, Texas
1984.A.43
Exhibition History
1941
Calder, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1941.
1976
Calder's Universe, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1976-77. Exhibition catalogue.
1983
Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1983. Exhibition catalogue.
1984
Masters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1984. Exhibition catalogue.
1987
A Century of Modern Sculpture: The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, April 5 - May 31, 1987; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 28, 1987 - January 3, 1988; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, April 4 - June 5, 1988; Forte Belvedere, Florence, Italy, July 8 - October 16, 1988; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, January 1 - March 31, 1989. Exhibition catalogue.
1993
Picasso and the Age of Iron, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, July 12 - October 22, 1993.
1996
A Century of Sculpture: The Nasher Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, October 26, 1996 - January 12, 1997; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 6 - June 1, 1997. Exhibition catalogue.
1998
Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 29 - July 12, 1998; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, September 5 - December 1, 1998. Exhibition catalogue.
2003
From Rodin to Calder: Masterworks of Modern Sculpture from the Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, October 20, 2003 - September 2004.
2004
Bodies Past and Present: The Figurative Tradition in the Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, September 2004 - July 2005.
2005
The Surreal Calder, The Menil Collection, September 30, 2005 - January 8, 2006; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, February 24 - May 23, 2006; Minneapolis Institute for the Arts, June 11 - September 10, 2005. Exhibition catalogue.
2008
In Pursuit of the Masters: Stories from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, September 20, 2008 – January 4, 2009. Exhibition pamphlet.
2009
Alexander Calder Retrospective, Azienda Speciale Palaexpo and Mondo Mostre, at Palazzo delle Esposizion, October 22, 2009 - February 14, 2010. Exhibition catalogue.