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ALEXANDER CALDER | FOR ELMA

Auction Closed

October 2, 08:56 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

ALEXANDER CALDER

1898 - 1976

FOR ELMA


silver and steel wire 

5 by 2¼ by ¼ in. 12.7 by 5.7 by .6 cm.

Executed circa 1945, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York under application number A23972. 

Elma Slade Chess, Washington, Connecticut (gift of the artist)

Joanna Cook Chess Bergson, Orleans, Massachusetts

Private Collection, Massachusetts (by descent from the above)

Christie's, New York, 6 May 2014, Lot 11

Private Collection, Montreal 

Acquired from the above by the present owner