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Alexander Calder
Untitled
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
$93,750
Lot Details
ink, gouache on paper
29 x 43 in. (73.7 x 109.2 cm.)
Signed and dated "Calder 75" lower right. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation under application number A26469.
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Catalogue Essay
"The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof.”
Alexander Calder, 1951
Alexander Calder, 1951
Provenance
Alexander Calder
American | B. 1898 D. 1976Alexander 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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