Alexander Calder

Le Lys

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November 14, 01:23 AM GMT

Estimate

1,800,000 - 2,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, New York

Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976

Le Lys

incised with the artist's monogram CA and dated 64 (on the uppermost black element)

sheet metal, wire and paint

36 by 60 in. 91.4 by 152.4 cm.

Executed in 1964.

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08276.

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1965)
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit
Private Collection, Flint (acquired from the above in 1966)
Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan (acquired from the above in 1990)
Christie's, New York, 4 May 1993, lot 3 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

London, Brook Street Gallery, Vasarely/Calder, 1965, no. 3, n.p., illustrated
Buffalo, James Goodman Gallery, Calder, 1966

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