Lot Essay
IN 1969 PETER BELLEW VIVIDLY DESCRIBED THE ATMOSPHERE OF CALDER'S STUDIO: "HANGING FROM BEAMED CEILINGS, STANDING WITHOUT ARRANGEMENT ON TABLES, CHAIRS AND WINDOW SILLS, HIS MOBILES TURN, STOP AND RECOMMENCE. BUT IT IS WHEN THEY ARE IN REPOSE THAT THE QUINTESSENCE OF CALDER IS MOST TRULY SENSED - IN THOSE INSTANTS WHEN MOVEMENT IS THREATENED RATHER THAN PRESENT HIS FULL MAGIC IS REVEALED" (P. BELLEW, CALDER, BARCELONA 1969, PP. 26-27).