Alexander Calder

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60,000 - 80,000 USD

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Description

Alexander Calder
Brooch
silver, glass and steel wire
4 1/2 by 4 by 1 1/4 in. 11.4 by 10.2 by 3.2 cm.
Executed circa 1948, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08848.

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08848.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Calder Intime, February - May 1989, pp. 259 and 319, illustrated in color
Philadelphia, Art Alliance, October - December 2005

Literature

David Bourdon, Calder: Mobilist, Ring Master, Innovator, New York, 1980, p. 81, illustrated
Exh. Cat., West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art (and travelling), Calder Jewelry, 2008, p. 246, illustrated in color