Bracelet
Details
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Bracelet
signed with the artist’s initials 'CS' (on the reverse top cuff)
brass wire
5 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. (12.7 x 7.6 x 5.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1940.
Bracelet
signed with the artist’s initials 'CS' (on the reverse top cuff)
brass wire
5 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. (12.7 x 7.6 x 5.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1940.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, 1972
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 6 March 2015, lot 7
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, 1972
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 6 March 2015, lot 7
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
D. Bourdon, Calder: Mobilist/Ring Master/Innovator, New York, 1980, p. 81 (illustrated).
S. Thierry, ed., The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, exh. cat., Paris, Musée des Art Décoratif, 1989, p. 268 (illustrated).
A. Rower, et. al., eds., Calder Jewelry, New York, 2007, pp. 181 and 250, fig. 19 (illustrated).
S. Thierry, ed., The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, exh. cat., Paris, Musée des Art Décoratif, 1989, p. 268 (illustrated).
A. Rower, et. al., eds., Calder Jewelry, New York, 2007, pp. 181 and 250, fig. 19 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Willard Gallery, Calder Jewelry, December 1940.
Berlin, Akademie der Kunst, Alexander Calder, May-July 1967, pp. 97 and 99, no. 198 (illustrated).
Berlin, Akademie der Kunst, Alexander Calder, May-July 1967, pp. 97 and 99, no. 198 (illustrated).
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Further details
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A16835.
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