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Calder's ‘Le Peigne Bleu’

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For over five decades, Alexander Calder reinvented the limits of abstract art, creating intensely exciting forms that move and dance. Discover the sublime grace and visual poetry of Calder's Le Peigne Bleu from 1959, to be offered in our Contemporary Art Evening auction on 11 November 2014 at Sotheby's New York.

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