Alexander Calder
Big Red Disc
Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Big Red Disc
incised with the artist's monogram and dated 70 (on the yellow element)
sheet metal, wire and paint
39 ½ by 95 by 13 ½ in.
100.3 by 241.3 by 34.3 cm.
Executed in 1970.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05426.
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Brook Street Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1975)
Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the above in 1975)
Christie’s London, 30 June 2021, lot 18 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Calder, June - September 1971, no. 23, p. 36, illustrated
Palma de Mallorca, Sala Pelaires, Calder, September - October 1972, p. 29, illustrated
Barcelona, Sala Gaspar, Calder: Escultures; Exposició Calder Pintures, September 1973, no. 5, p. 31, illustrated