Black Seal

Details

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Black Seal
signed with the initials and dated 'CA 73' (on the base)
painted sheet metal and wire
49½ x 67in. (125.7 x 170.2cm.)
Executed in 1973

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Studio Marconi, Milan.
Thomas G. Newman, New York.
Waddington and Tooth Galleries, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 7 May 1996, Lot 30.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

"It would be hard to find a better example of consummate grace than the seal, or a more difficult model for the artist. The mental and physical processes of which we have spoken, must be in perfect coordination in order to transmit even something of the extravagant rhythmic movement of this graceful animal." (Alexander Calder, Animal Sketching, 1926, p. 11).

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