Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
ALEXANDER CALDER | L’ÂNE
Lot Closed
October 2, 05:05 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ALEXANDER CALDER
1898 - 1976
L’ÂNE
inscribed with the artist's monogram on the left rear leg
bronze with black patina
4½ by 5½ by 1½ in. (11.4 by 13.9 by 3.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1930, this work was cast in 1966 and is unnumbered from an edition of 6.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A09488.UN6
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1981, Lot 370
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
“I feel that the artist should go about his work simply, with great respect for his materials… Sculptors of all places and climates have used what came readily to hand… It was their knowledge and invention which gave value to the result of their labors… Simplicity of equipment and an adventurous spirit of attacking the unfamiliar or unknown are more apt to result in a primitive, rather than decadent, art.”
- Alexander Calder