Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Red Paddles
signed with initials and dated 'CA 62' (on the largest red element)
hanging mobile--painted sheet metal, wire and rod
height: 44 in. (111.8 cm.)
span: 53 in. (134.6 cm.)
Executed in 1962.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1964-January 1965, no. 329.
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Calder, July-October 1965, no. 205.
Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A03755.
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