Alexander Calder

Antonin and Charlotta Heythum, Switzerland (a gift from the artist in 1941)

Sotheby's London, 2 July 1981, lot 580 (consigned by the above)

Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above sale)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1996)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Fort Worth Art Museum, Calder Animals: Made at the Zoo and Elsewhere Too, 1985

“I think that at that time and practically ever since, the underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof. For that is a rather large model to work from.” — Alexander Calder