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Perls Galleries, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above in March 1963)
Sotheby’s, New York, 15 May 2008, lot 295
Duhamel Fine Art, Paris
Private Collection, Monaco
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Philadelphia collects 20th Century, October - November 1963
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 53' lower right
gouache on paper
73.7 x 108 cm (29 x 42 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1953.
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