Perls Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York
Exhibited
Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Alexander Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles, May 18 - August 24, 1969
Catalogue Essay
I like black and white, that's one thing and then, black and white and red, red's very...it's the only color that really counts somehow. Alexander Calder (Oral history interview with Alexander Calder, 1971 Oct. 26, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.)
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.
1968 gouache on paper 22 x 30 1/2 in. (55.9 x 77.5 cm.) Signed and dated "Calder 68" lower right. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation under application number A06136.
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $57,500
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