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Alexander Calder

The Red Dozen

Auction Closed

May 18, 09:51 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976

The Red Dozen

incised with the artist's monogram and dated 64 (on the largest element)

sheet metal, wire and paint

18 by 41 in.

45.7 by 106 cm.

Executed in 1964.

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A07321.

Please refer to sothebys.com for updated provenance on this lot.

Perls Galleries, New York

Collection of Susan Curry, Montreal (acquired from the above circa 1970)

Lapham and Dibble Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1998)

Private Collection, Boston (acquired from the above in 1998)

Acquired by the present owner in 2012 from the above