Cactus provisoire

細節

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Cactus provisoire
painted sheet metal
29 1/2in. (75cm.) high
Executed in 1967

來源

Acquired by the present owner from Madame Chretien, Tours

出版

U. Mulas & H. Arnason, Calder, London 1971 (the large scale Cactus Provisoire illustrated pl. 70).

拍場告示

Please note that the paint on this work is not painted by Calder. The colours of the work are not the artist's colour scheme. It was painted by another hand after the artist's death. The artist intended the work to be all black. Should the purchaser wish to do so, the work can be restored to its original colour scheme under the supervision of the Calder Foundation.

拍品專文

In the late fifties, as he received increasing numbers of large and important commissions, Calder's work outgrew his studios and his large scale works were executed either at Segre's Iron Works in Waterbury, Connecticut or at the Etablissements Bimont in Tours, near his home in France. This work formerly belonged to Mrs Chretien, the widow of the head of the Biemont works.

This work is the intermediate-sized model of the large Cactus Provisoire (9' 10'' x 16' 4 7/8'') Calder made for Dublin.