Alexander Calder - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | Phillips

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New York Auction 15 May 2024

  • Provenance

    Monroe Wheeler, New York (gifted by the artist in 1938)
    Private Collection, United States
    Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco
    Eugenia Rodriguez (acquired in the 1990s)
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Daniel Marchesseau, Calder In Time, Paris, 1989, p. 17 (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

Bow Tie

wood, wire and paint
3 x 6 x 1 in. (7.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm)
Executed in 1938, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A04427.

Estimate
$100,000 - 150,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May 2024