Lot 146
  • 146

Alexander Calder

Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated 72 on the base
  • painted sheet metal and wire standing mobile
  • 22 1/2 by 41 by 22 in. 63.3 by 104 by 55.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1972, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York under application number A11994.

Provenance

Private Collection (gift from the artist)

Exhibited

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Poetry in Motion, June - September 2007

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. The sculpture moves freely and smoothly. There are scattered areas of minor surface abrasions, paint loss, and faint wear consistent with the age of the work and visible in the catalogue illustration.
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