Alexander Calder
Serious Jester and Devils
signed and dated 65 (lower right)
gouache and ink on paper
29 ¾ by 43 ¾ in.
75.6 by 111.1 cm.
Executed in 1965. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder foundation, New York, under application number A14275.
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Details
signed and dated 65 (lower right)
29 ¾ by 43 ¾ in.
75.6 by 111.1 cm.
Provenance
Nicholas Guppy, London (acquired directly from the artist)
Dr. and Mrs Arthur E. Khan, New York (acquired from the above)
Christie’s, London, 12 February 2016, lot 104 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Calder - The Painter, September - October 1966, no. 24 (titled Jester with Devils)
London, Saatchi Gallery, Calder on Paper: 1960 - 1976, September - December 2017, n.p., illustrated in color (titled Untitled)
Andorra, ARTALROC, Escaldes-Engordany (Ministry for Culture Andorra), Calder: La Geometria del colour, May - September 2018
Seoul, K Museum of Contemporary Art, Calder on Paper, December 2019 - April 2020
Bielefeld, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Calder and Miró: Liberation from Earth, October 2022 - January 2023, p. 37, illustrated in color
Knokke Zeedijk, Maruani Mercier, Calder and Miró, July - August 2023
Literature
Sabine Schulze, “Die Leichtigkeit Calders un Miros,” Westfalen-Blatt Bielefelder Zeitung, 15 October 2022, illustrated in color (online)