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Alexander Calder

Untitled

painted metal stabile

59 1/2 by 51 by 34 in. 151.1 by 129.5 by 86.3 cm.

circa 1938

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Alexander Calder
Untitled

painted metal stabile

59 1/2 by 51 by 34 in. 151.1 by 129.5 by 86.3 cm.

circa 1938

Provenance

Collection of Peter Bellew, France (acquired as a gift from the artist circa 1962)

Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. New York, 20 May 1983, lot 441 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Davenport, Iowa (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 13 November 2012, lot 15 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Geneva (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Hong Kong (acquired from the above)

Sotheby’s New York, 12 May 2015, lot 62 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibition

Iowa City, University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1984 - 2010 (extended loan)

Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Collects, April - July 1985 (incorrectly titled as Spanish Dancer)

Davenport, Iowa, Figge Art Museum, April 2010 - March 2011 (extended loan)

New York, Davidson Gallery, Calder/Rickey, September - October 2018, p. 53, illustrated in color

New Brunswick, Rutgers University, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein, September 2019 - January 2020 

New York, Mnuchin Gallery, ABSTRACTION, February - March 2024

Literature

University of Iowa, Building a Masterpiece, Iowa City 2009, p. 30, illustrated

Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A04699.