Property from the Neiman Marcus Collection
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder
Mariposa
Mariposa
Estimate:
6,000,000 - 8,000,000 USD
Lot sold:
18,188,400
USD
Description
Property from the Neiman Marcus Collection
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Mariposa
sheet metal, rod and paint
125 by 122 in. 317.5 by 309.9 cm,
Executed in 1951, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A17840.
Condition report
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Saleroom Notice
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner from the artist in 1951
Literature
Frank X. Tolbert, Neiman-Marcus, Texas: The Story of the Proud Dallas Store, New York 1953, n.p., illustrated (with the artist, as installed in Neiman Marcus at Preston Center, Dallas), n.p., illustrated (installed in Neiman Marcus at Preston Center, Dallas), and n.p. (text)
Alex J. Taylor, "The Calder Problem: Mobiles, Modern Taste, and Mass Culture," Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2014, p. 37 (text)
Steffen Heemann, ed., Global Corporate Collections, Cologne 2015, p. 346, illustrated in color