Making Modern, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FLORENCE KNOLL BASSETT
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Alexander Calder
A Silver Necklace
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$214,200
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Silver on leather cord, length approximately 30.50 inches, approximately 12.00 inches of motifs, each measuring approximately 2.00 inches
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A18149.
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to Florence Knoll-Bassett, circa 1946
Exhibited: New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 6, 1964 – January 31, 1965, no. 94C; traveled to Art Gallery of Toronto, Mobiles and Stabiles by Calder, The Man Who Made Sculpture Move, May 1965, no. 94C; traveled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Calder, July 8 – October 15, 1965, no. 137.
Silver on leather cord, length approximately 30.50 inches, approximately 12.00 inches of motifs, each measuring approximately 2.00 inches
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A18149.
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to Florence Knoll-Bassett, circa 1946
Exhibited: New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 6, 1964 – January 31, 1965, no. 94C; traveled to Art Gallery of Toronto, Mobiles and Stabiles by Calder, The Man Who Made Sculpture Move, May 1965, no. 94C; traveled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Calder, July 8 – October 15, 1965, no. 137.
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Alexander Calder
American | B. 1898 D. 1976Alexander Calder worked as an abstract sculptor and has been commonly referred to as the creator of the mobile. He employed industrious materials of wire and metal and transformed them into delicate geometric shapes that respond to the wind or float in air. Born into a family of sculptors, Calder created art from childhood and moved to Paris in 1926, where he became a pioneer of the international avant-garde. In addition to his mobiles, Calder produced an array of public constructions worldwide as well as drawings and paintings that feature the same brand of abstraction. Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania.
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