William and Rosario Drew, New York (gifted by the artist)
The Estate of Mr. And Mrs. William B.F. Drew (by descent from the above)
Doyle, New York, November 12, 2008, lot 1109
Acquired at the above sale by Ruth O'Hara
Paris, Parc des Expositions, Port de Versailles, Association Artistique les Surindépendants, October 25 - November 24, 1930
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Independent Visions: American Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, July 31 – August 31, 2009
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Master Drawings New York, January 24 – March 9, 2013
New York, James Goodman Gallery, Calder: Space in Play, October 22 – December 19, 2014
New York, Hammer Galleries, Modern Masters: Between the Wars, November 1, 2016 – February 28, 2017
Jacques Prévert, Couleurs de Braque, Calder, Miró, Paris, 1981, p. 59 (illustrated)
Arnauld Pierre, Calder: La sculpture en mouvement, Paris, 1996, p. 25 (l'Association artistique les Surindépendants, Paris, 1930, installation view illustrated)
Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2008, fig. 4, p. 187 (l'Association Artistique les Surindépendants, Paris, 1930, installation view illustrated)
Arnauld Pierre, Calder: Mouvement et réalité, Paris, 2009, p. 92 (l'Association Artistique les Surindépendants, Paris, 1930, installation view illustrated)
Alexander Calder: Les années parisiennes, 1926-1933, exh. cat., Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2009, p. 93 (l'Association Artistique les Surindépendants, Paris, 1930, installation view illustrated)
Calder – Picasso, exh. cat., Musée Picasso, Paris, 2019, fig. 8, p. 228 (l'Association Artistique les Surindépendants, Paris, 1930, installation view illustrated)
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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