Alexander Calder - Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Tuesday, November 12, 2013 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Richard Marshall, gift from the artist, 1976

  • Exhibited

    New York, Susan Sheehan Gallery, Alexander Calder: Works on Paper, 1999

  • Literature

    J. Lipman, R. Wolfe, ed., Calder's Universe, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Viking Press, 1976, p. 156 and 198 (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Alexander Calder

    American • 1898 - 1976

    Alexander 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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Two works: (i) Household Objects (ii) Tapestries and Rugs

1975
ink on paper
(i) 19 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (48.9 x 37.1 cm.)
(ii) 19 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (50.5 x 36.2 cm.)

Each work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation under application number:
Household Objects, A00385
Tapestries and Rugs, A00382

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 12 November 2013 11AM