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Alexander Calder
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description
- Alexander Calder
- 1232114
- painted metal and wire hanging mobile
- 11 by 39 by 39 in. 27.9 by 99.1 by 99.1 cm.
- Executed circa 1955, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A13582.
Provenance
George Seminoff, Oklahoma City (acquired directly from the artist in 1956)
Loudmer Scp., Paris, June 17, 1996, lot 61
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005
Loudmer Scp., Paris, June 17, 1996, lot 61
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005
Exhibited
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Alexander Calder: Sculpture and Works on Paper, April 2006
Catalogue Note
"The basis of everything for me is the universe. The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them. My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement." - Alexander Calder