Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Property From an Important Private American Collection
ALEXANDER CALDER | UNTITLED (MAQUETTE)
Auction Closed
June 30, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property From an Important Private American Collection
ALEXANDER CALDER
1898 - 1976
UNTITLED (MAQUETTE)
sheet metal and rivets
16⅛ by 13 by 12⅝ in. 41 by 33 by 32.1 cm.
Executed in 1963.
Please note that due to the “New York State on PAUSE” restrictions, this work has not been reviewed by the Calder Foundation prior to the Contemporary Art Day Auction. The work will need to be reviewed by the Calder Foundation in New York prior to the buyer’s collection of the work. Accordingly, Sotheby’s will request that the Calder Foundation review the work at a committee meeting following the sale or as soon as possible in accordance with local requirements.
Private Collection, Connecticut (gifted directly by of the artist circa 1970)
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Korea
PaceWildenstein, New York
Ikin Art International, New York, 2007
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2007)
Christie's, New York, 28 September 2016, Lot 127
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
New York, Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, Calder: Four Maquettes, Two Stabiles and a Little Bird Too, September-October 2002, pp. 12-13, illustrated
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Calder: Poetry in Motion, December 2003-February 2004, p. 64, no. 19 and p. 98, illustrated