Mercury Fountain

Author
Alexander Calder
Title

Mercury Fountain

Mercury Fountain

Date
1937
Medium
Painted iron and aluminium and mercury
Sizes
114 x 293 x 196 cm
Credit line
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. Gift of Alexander Calder
Provenance
Gift of Alexander Calder
Register Number
FJM 10508
Inscriptions

ALMADEN // MERCURE ESPAGNOL D'ALMADEN

Edition

Foundry:
Tallers L. Dalbet, Paris

Remarks

The pond and the water fountain are not original; they were built on the occasion of the Venice Biennale in 1976.

Exhibitions
  • Miró i els Estats Units = Miró y los Estados Unidos. = Miró and the United States.. Matthew Gale (ed.) ; Marko Daniel (ed.). Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 10 October 2025-22 February 2026