Alexander Calder - Modern & Contemporary Art New York Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Phillips

Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 17 July 2024

  • Provenance

    Perls Galleries, New York
    Park West Galleries, Southfield, Michigan (1973)
    Private Collection, Massachusetts
    Gifted by the above to the present owner in March 2018

  • 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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Property of a Private Massachusetts Collection Being Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation

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Alexander Calder

Forms around the Spirals

signed and dated "Calder 67" lower right
gouache on paper
29 1/2 x 43 1/4 in. (74.9 x 109.9 cm)
Executed in 1967, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06760.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $107,950

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Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 17 July 2024