Pair of Spider Earrings

Arts of the Americas

c. 1939

Alexander Calder
American, 1898–1976

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Pair of Spider Earrings
Place: United States (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1939
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Each: 7 × 7.3 cm (2 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2016.103.1-2
Copyright: © 2018 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder, c. 1939; possibly with the Perls Galleries, New York, c. 1939; sold to Dorothy Braude Edinburg (1920–2015), Boston, possibly c. 1939; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016.

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