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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Horse
signed with initials 'AC' (on the rear right foot) and numbered '21' (under the front right foot)
bronze with a dark brown patina
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
Horse
signed with initials 'AC' (on the rear right foot) and numbered '21' (under the front right foot)
bronze with a dark brown patina
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
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Cheval II (Horse II)
4¾ x 8¼ x 4¾ in. (12 x 21 x 12 cm.)
Cast in 1964 for the Documenta Foundation. This work is number 21 from an edition of fifty.
Provenance:
Documenta Foundation, Kassel
with Brook Street Gallery, London.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 23 June 1966, lot 7, where purchased by the present owner.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00861.21.
Cheval II (Horse II)
4¾ x 8¼ x 4¾ in. (12 x 21 x 12 cm.)
Cast in 1964 for the Documenta Foundation. This work is number 21 from an edition of fifty.
Provenance:
Documenta Foundation, Kassel
with Brook Street Gallery, London.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 23 June 1966, lot 7, where purchased by the present owner.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00861.21.