- 175
Alexander Calder
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
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Description
- Alexander Calder
- Orange Quadrilateral
- signed and dated 73
- painted sheet metal and rod
- 54 1/2 by 57 by 21 in. 138.4 by 144.8 by 53.3 cm.
- Executed in 1973, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A01549.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Knoedler & Co. Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1979
Knoedler & Co. Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1979
Exhibited
San Jose Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum; Phoenix Art Museum; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Orlando, Loch Haven Art Center; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Washington D.C., Smithsonian; Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art, Calder's Universe, April 1978 - July 1979
Catalogue Note
"The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof. For that is a rather large model to work from." Alexander Calder