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Alexander Calder Hammered Silver Necklace, circa 1940
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Hammered Silver Wire Necklace by Alexander Calder; Ca1940 Exhibited: Alexander Calder
Category

Vintage 1940s American More Necklaces

Materials

Silver

Untitled, 1947
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) “Untitled, 1947” (from Le Surrealisme) Signed in the plate
Category

1940s Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Cross
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Cross" is a painting by Alexander Calder. The painting is signed in the lower right, "Calder
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Cross
The Cross
H 28.75 in W 36.25 in
Untitled ‘Liz Nelson’
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Alexander Calder Untitled ‘Liz Nelson’, 1968 is a unique original pen and ink drawing on folio with
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Pen, Ink

The Triangles and Spiral
By Alexander Calder
Located in Missouri, MO
Calder once said, “by nature and chance.” From the 1940’s on, Calder’s works, many of them large-scale
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Push the Word… from: Homage to Cassou Enfoncez le mot…Hommage à Cassou
By Alexander Calder
Located in London, GB
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976 Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898 - 1976 New York (American) Title: Push the
Category

1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Wardrobe “Relevè” from “Trasformatio” Collection, Italy 1940/2022
By Michele Iodice
Located in Napoli, IT
composed of two elements that interact inversely joined by recycled steel drums, Italy 1940/2022
Category

2010s Italian Modern Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Steel

Pair of “Dilàdiquà” Bookcases from “Trasformatio” Collection, Italy 1940/2022
By Michele Iodice
Located in Napoli, IT
pre-painted iron, bases in shaped and ebonized wood, Italy 1940/2022 TRASFORMATIO Design Non
Category

2010s Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Iron

Roger Vieillard - Surrealist Horse - Original Etching
By Roger Vieillard
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
1930s he began to make wire sculptures, as Alexander Calder had done earlier and, in 1934, he met
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Frances Higgins Fused Glass Hair Pin
By Frances Higgins
Located in Chicago, IL
Frances and Michael Higgins. She admired the jewelry of Alexander Calder, and you can see this influence
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Frances Higgins Fused Glass Hair Pin
Frances Higgins Fused Glass Hair Pin
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H 5.5 in W 1.75 in D 1.25 in
Frances Higgins Fused Glass Brooch with Embedded Brass and Thread
By Frances Higgins
Located in Chicago, IL
Frances and Michael Higgins. She admired the jewelry of Alexander Calder, and you can see this influence
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Abstracted pair of oil paintings by Carl Holty
By Carl Holty
Located in Hudson, NY
American member of the Abstraction-Creation artist group, following Alexander Calder. Upon his return to
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Harvard vs Yale" Charles Green Shaw, Football, Ivy League Sports, Abstract
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Gallery that included Shaw, Ferren, and Morris, Alexander Calder, and Charles Biederman. The exhibition
Category

1940s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Arbre-Homme (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century Surrealism
By Ferdinand Springer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
exhibited at the Julian Levy Gallery and met Alexander Calder and Salvadore Dali. After moving to Grasse in
Category

1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
world for almost six decades. In addition to his father, he represented Balthus, Calder, Dubuffet
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
world for almost six decades. In addition to his father, he represented Balthus, Calder, Dubuffet
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
world for almost six decades. In addition to his father, he represented Balthus, Calder, Dubuffet
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
world for almost six decades. In addition to his father, he represented Balthus, Calder, Dubuffet
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
world for almost six decades. In addition to his father, he represented Balthus, Calder, Dubuffet
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
world for almost six decades. In addition to his father, he represented Balthus, Calder, Dubuffet
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Landing/Dawn Landing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
associated closely with Calder and Noguchi and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, in 1927 and
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fallen Comrades/Interlude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
associated closely with Calder and Noguchi and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, in 1927 and
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"The General"
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
to 1947. Picasso and Calder also exhibited at Perl's Gallery during the same time. Overall size
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Surrealist Landscape, Mountain with Nude Woman - Perls Gallery
By Frederick Haucke
Located in Miami, FL
retrospective of Alexander Calder's work. This Haucke from the Perls Gallery is signed and dated on verso. It
Category

1940s Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
as Alexander Calder. This mid-centurty modern abstract is excellent condition and comes with its
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street Cleaners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, where he associated closely with Calder and Noguchi and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Letter b Irene Brin to Countess Pecci Blunt - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
foreigners: Matta, Magritte, Kandinsky, Moore, Calder, Dalí, Bacon, Rauschenberg.
Category

1940s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Rare Large Art Deco Centerpiece by Winterhalder Made in Cupertino, CA, 1947
By Erwin Winterhalder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
studied under Alexander Stirling Calder at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, before moving to the San
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Centerpieces

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Adolph Studly
Located in Surfside, FL
Berman, Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miro and Robert Motherwell all contributed
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Adolph Studly
Located in Surfside, FL
Berman, Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miro and Robert Motherwell all contributed
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Adolph Studly
Located in Surfside, FL
Berman, Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miro and Robert Motherwell all contributed
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Adolph Studly
Located in Surfside, FL
Berman, Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miro and Robert Motherwell all contributed
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Adolph Studly
Located in Surfside, FL
Berman, Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miro and Robert Motherwell all contributed
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
scholarships, she studied at the Art Students League under Alexander Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
parents on Calder Street in Dorchester. In the 1930s, Aarons adopted the streamlined, monumental style of
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Terracotta

Artist Modern Sculptural SterlingSilverWire Script Letter H or Acrobat Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Like Alexander Calder's handmade wire jewelry since 1929, whose smallest one-of-a-kind sculptural
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurines and Sculptures

Materials

Sterling Silver

Artist BertoiaStyle Hammered SterlingSilver SquiggleSpiral UndulatingWire Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
of American studio jewelry Alexander Calder, Art Smith and Harry Bertoia, whose unique dramatic
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver

Cronus Asleep in the Cave
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Ink, Graphite

Cronus View from the Cave
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as Alexander
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Graphite

Dancer
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1950s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Dancer
H 68 in W 17 in D 13.5 in
Cronus Asleep in the Cave
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1990s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Board

Cronus Dining
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

Cronus Asleep in the Cave
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cronus Waiting
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1990s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Board

Cronus Waiting
Cronus Waiting
H 34 in W 25.25 in
Cronus Dining (Night)
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as Alexander
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Board

Cronus Dining (Night)
Cronus Dining (Night)
H 39.5 in W 29.625 in
Erotic #1 (Cronus Sex)
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Acrylic

Cronus Elephant
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Cronus Descending
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Cronus Hunting
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Acrylic

Original Italian MCM Modernist Signed Abstract Lithograph Marino Marini 1969
By Marino Marini
Located in Portland, OR
, until 1940 he was professor of art at the Scuola d’Arte di Villa Reale near Milan, he was a friend and
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

"Tabac" Charles Green Shaw, Tobacco, Smoking, Park Ave Cubist, AAA
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
well-known children’s book, It Looked Like Spilt Milk in 1940 and two books of poems in 1959 and 1962
Category

1930s Cubist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Aquarius Suite of Four Silkscreens by Stanley Hayter
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

70s Modernist Swiss Dada Surrealist Painting Signed Andre Thomkins Brush Drawing
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The Modern Institute, 'Thomas Houseago, Dieter Roth, Andre
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
, Germany 2013 Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The
Category

1970s Dada Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The
Category

1970s Dada Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The Modern Institute
Category

1970s Dada Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The Modern Institute, 'Thomas
Category

1970s Dada Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate 1940 calder for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as an abstract version. Making the right choice when shopping for a 1940 calder may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a 1940 calder to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, gray, black, white and more. There have been many interesting 1940 calder examples over the years, but those made by Alexander Calder, (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, André Thomkins and (after) Alexander Calder are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, paint and gouache, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a 1940 Calder?

The price for a 1940 calder in our collection starts at $200 and tops out at $595,000 with the average selling for $1,642.