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| Alexander Calder Firemen's Dinner for Brancusi ca. 1926 oil on burlap Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Alexander Calder Half-Circle, Quarter-Circle and Sphere 1932 painted metal and wood Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Alexander Calder Hollow Egg 1939 painted metal rod and wire Phillips Collection, Washington DC |
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| Alexander Calder Necklace ca. 1940 brass and cord Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Alexander Calder Constellation with Quadrilateral 1943 painted wood and steel wire Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Alexander Calder Snake on a Post 1944 bronze Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Alexander Calder The Acrobats 1944 plaster Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Alexander Calder Octopus 1964 painted steel Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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| Alexander Calder Three Quintains 1964 painted sheet metal Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Alexander Calder Exhibition Poster 1965 lithograph Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Alexander Calder The Spinner 1966 painted aluminum and steel Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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| Alexander Calder Sun Rays on Clouds 1970 gouache on paper Dallas Museum of Art |
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| Alexander Calder Totem 1970 painted metal Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Alexander Calder Untitled 1971 gouache on paper Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| Alexander Calder Contour Plowing 1975 lithograph Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Alexander Calder On Yellow 1976 lithograph Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Alexander Calder The Horse 1976 lithograph Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
Event Without Particulars
Something will be hanging from the ceiling –
A dagger fern in chains? Shroud of a chandelier?
One feebly blinking bulb? Be that as it may,
Something you notice right away.
Something will decorate the wall – a calendar?
A looking glass? A scorched place? One never can say.
And something lies on the table – a teacup or book
You may care to read if you dare to look.
Then comes the opening of the door.
Somebody enters – young, face deep in a nosegay,
Or with a drink, or a crutch and milk-blind eyes.
In any case you will rise
And go to her over whatever is underfoot
To make you feel at home, since you have come to stay –
Black and white marble might be used for some;
For others, roses of linoleum.
– James Merrill (1962)