Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from the Collection of Jeptha H. Wade and Emily Vanderbilt Wade, Boston

Alexander Calder

Bird of Paradise

Session begins in

November 21, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

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

Bid

900,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Jeptha H. Wade and Emily Vanderbilt Wade, Boston

Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976


Bird of Paradise

incised with the artist's monogram (on the base)

sheet metal, brass, wire and paint

17 ½ by 29 ¼ by 4 ½ in.

44.4 by 74.3 by 11.4 cm.

Executed in 1963.


This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08051.

Perls Galleries, New York

Acquired from the above circa 1963 by the present owner