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Calder JewelryAlexander Calder's jewellery has the same linear yet three-dimensional quality as his famous mobiles, and the parts that comprise each piece are hammered, shaped, and composed in a fashion that echoes the artist's creation of his sculpture.
Calder produced more than 1,500 pieces of jewellery, beginning in 1906 when he adorned his sister's dolls with copper wire gathered from the streets.
This use of non-precious materials and found objects guided his inventive jewellery technique, from his bohemian years of the 1920s and 1930s to the war years.
His jewellery was coveted by the Surrealist coterie, and today is still highly sought after by collectors and museums.
The newly commissioned photographs are accompanied by examples of Calder's inventory drawings; the boxes he made to store the jewellery; historic photographs of his jewellery worn by notable patrons, art collectors, and artists; and a chronology.
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