Lot 167
  • 167

Alexander Calder

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled (Hair Comb)
  • brass
  • 8 1/4 by 1 7/8 in. 21 by 4.8 cm.
  • Executed circa 1940, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A16974.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in November 1980

Literature

David Bourdon, Calder: Mobilist, Ringmaster, Innovator, New York, 1980, p. 81, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. The brass is a irregularly hammered and exhibits some light pitting.
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