Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application no. A09818.
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Dachshund
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Dachshund
sheet metal, wire and string
2¾in. (7cm.) long
Executed circa 1928
Dachshund
sheet metal, wire and string
2¾in. (7cm.) long
Executed circa 1928
Provenance
Gift from the artist to Tora and Nils von Dardel, Paris, circa 1928.
Thence by descent to their family, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1996.
Thence by descent to their family, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1996.
Literature
D. Marchesseau, The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, Paris 1989, p. 86 (illustrated).
Special notice
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