Perls Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Truro, 1970
By descent to Private Collection, 2001
Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art Day Auction, May 13, 2013, lot 149
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Long Beach, Long Beach Museum of Art, Calder Gouaches: The Art of Alexander Calder, January 11 - February 8, 1970, traveled to San Diego, Fine Arts Museum of San Diego (February 27 - March 9, 1970), Phoenix, Phoenix Museum of Art (May 1 - May, 1970)
Calder Gouaches, The Art of Alexander Calder, exh. cat., Long Beach, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1970, cat. no. 44
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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