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Private Collection, Paris
Private Collection
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 11 September 2015, lot 14
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Seoul, K Museum of Contemporary Art, Calder on Paper, 13 December 2019 – 13 April 2020
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Calder: The Great Yellow Sun, January – August 2021, p. 125 (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.
signed and dated 'Calder 72' lower right and dedicated 'à Christine Gentz' lower left
gouache and ink on paper
75.2 x 109.9 cm (29 5/8 x 43 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1972.
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