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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Black, Yellow, Red

Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Black, Yellow, Red
signed with initials 'CA' (on the base)
standing mobile --painted sheet metal and wire
height: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.)
span: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Sam Jaffe, Los Angeles, acquired from the above, 1961
Anon. sale; Christie's, Los Angeles, 6 June 2001, lot 10
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
La Jolla, Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection on Anonymous Loan, January-February 1983.
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Lot Essay

The top element of this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A07953. The base is separately registered under application number A05180.

At some point soon after it was made, the base for Black, Yellow, Red was erroneously switched with the base for another work after both works had left the artist's studio. The sculpture has remained in this state since it was sold by Perls in 1961. It is the intention of the Calder Foundation to reunite the base with this top in the future.

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