Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Escutcheon
incised with the artist's monogram and dated 76 on the black element
painted sheet metal and wire
52.3 by 70.5 by 63.5 cm. 20⅝ by 27¾ by 25 in.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00717.
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Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1985)
Christie's, New York, 2 May 1991, Lot 153
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles, December 1976 - January 1977, n.p., no. 7 (text)
New York, Pace Gallery, Calder's Calders, May - June 1985, p. 50, illustrated
Madrid, Galería Elvira González, Alexander Calder - Yves Tanguy, January - February 1999, p. 21, illustrated in colour