Hi! (c. 1928) | Calder Foundation
Date c. 1928
Media
Wire, wood, and paint
Dimensions
37 11⁄16" × 27" × 6 1⁄8"
Collection
Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii; Gift of Mrs. Theodore A. Cooke, Mrs. Philip E. Spalding and Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, 1937
Historical Photos 1
Installation photograph showing Hi! (c. 1928), Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937
Photograph by Herbert Matter
Related exhibitions 2
Works / Wire Sculpture 76
Related Timeline
1926–1930 Wire Sculpture and the Circus
Soon after moving to Paris in 1926, Calder created his Cirque Calder. Made of wire and a spectrum of found materials, the Cirque was a work of performance art that gained Calder an introduction to the Parisian avant-garde. He continued to explore his invention of wire sculpture, whereby he “drew” with wire in three dimensions the portraits of friends, animals, circus themes, and personalities of the day.