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Radiant Forms: Works from a Distinguished Private Collection

Alexander Calder

Untitled

Auction Closed

May 15, 11:34 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Radiant Forms: Works from a Distinguished Private Collection

Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976


Untitled

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

sheet metal, wire and paint

7 by 13 by 2 ¾ in.

17.8 by 33 by 7 cm.

Executed circa 1960.


This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A04584.

Top:

Galerie Maeght, Paris

Galerie Claude Bernard (acquired from the above in 1964)

James Goodman Gallery, New York

Richard Gray Gallery (acquired from the above in 1969)

Galeria Conkright, Caracas

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1972)

Stair Galleries, Hudson, 3 June 2017, lot 416

Calder Foundation, New York (acquired from the above)

Acquired by exchange as a complete work from the above in 2024 by the present owner


Base:

Galerie Maeght, Paris

Galerie Claude Bernard (acquired from the above in 1964)

Brook Street Gallery, London

Private Collection, California

John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 2001)

Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 2001)

Calder Foundation, New York (acquired from the above in 2024)

Acquired by exchange as a complete work from the above in 2024 by the present owner

H. Harvard Arnason and Ugo Mulas, Calder, London and New York 1971, illustrated in color (on the front and back covers)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jill Magid: Awaiting Alexander Calder, 28 September 2017, Performance (online)