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Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection

Alexander Calder

The Red Rocker

Auction Closed

May 15, 11:34 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection

Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976


The Red Rocker

incised with the artist’s initials (on the base)

sheet metal, wire and paint

10 ¾ by 14 ¼ by 10 ½ in.

27.3 by 36.2 by 26.7 cm.

Executed in 1951.


This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08033.

Perls Galleries, New York

James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1969)

Eva Lee Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)

James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1970)

Brook Street Galleries, London (acquired from the above in 1970)

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Rabb, Boston

Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1988)

Acquired from the above in 1989 by the present owner

New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Calder: Drawings, Mobiles and Stabiles, September - October 1988