Necklace

Alexander Calder

ca. 1940 · Brass · Modern and Contemporary Art

Calder produced more than eighteen hundred pieces of jewelry, most of them between 1933 and 1952. Many of these pieces were made specifically for family members or friends and given away on special occasions. Each necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, or earring was a unique, handcrafted design to which he applied his skills as a metalworker and his visual wit, just as he did when he created mobiles and bent-wire sculptures. This necklace was made by hammering brass wires into flat strips and then fashioning them into a linear design that relates directly to his early wire portraits.

Artist

Alexander Calder

Date

ca. 1940

Medium

Brass

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006