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

Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 17 July 2024

  • Provenance

    Weintraub Gallery, New York
    Sotheby's, New York, June 24, 1998, lot 74
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Literature

    Documenta Foundation, Kassel, 1968, p. 2 (another example illustrated)
    Daniel Marchesseau, Calder In Time, Paris, 1989, p. 182 (another example 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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Alexander Calder

Cheval II

incised with the artist's monogram on the side of the proper right back foot; incised with the edition number "17" on the proper right front foot
bronze
4 1/2 x 8 x 4 3/4 in. (11.4 x 20.3 x 12.1 cm)
Conceived in 1930 and executed in 1964, this work is number 17 from an edition of 50. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00861.17.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 17 July 2024