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Calder, Alexander

Triangles and Arches (Maquette)

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November 21, 10:28 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976


Triangles and Arches (maquette)

incised with the artist's monogram (on a side edge)

sheet metal and paint

20 by 30 ¾ by 21 in.

50.8 by 78.1 by 53.3 cm.

Executed in 1965.


This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00406.

Estate of the artist

The Pace Gallery, New York

Sheldon Berlow, Buffalo

James Goodman Gallery, New York

Dr. Marvin and Mrs. Natalie Gliedman, New York

Christie’s New York, 3 December 2020, lot 280 (consigned by the above)

Nahmad Collection, Geneva (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above in 2021 by the present owner

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Calder's Universe, October 1976 - February 1977

Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Calder and Miró, June - September 1998, p. 18, illustrated

H. Harvard Arnason and Ugo Mulas, Calder, New York, 1971, pp. 66-67, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Alexander Calder: 1898 - 1976, July - October 1996, p. 189, illustrated

Ugo Mulas, Alexander Calder and Giulio C. Argan, Ugo Mulas/Alexander Calder, Milan, 2008, pp. 12-13, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Caroline Larroche, Calder: Le Magicien des Aires, Paris, 2008, p. 29, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Exh. Cat., Château de Tours, Alexander Calder en Touraine, June - October 2008, p. 120, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Centre Pompidou, Calder: Les Années Parisiennes au Centre Pompidou, March 2009, p. 43, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Calder: Sculptor of Air, exh. cat., Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 2009, p. 214, illustrated (in the artist's studio)