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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Fafnir - Dragon II (Maquette)
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Fafnir - Dragon II (Maquette)
signed with the artist's initials and later dated '70 CA' (on the white element)
standing mobile: painted sheet metal, brass and wire
29 x 37½ x 15½in. (73.7 x 95.3 x 39.4cm.)
Executed in 1969
Fafnir - Dragon II (Maquette)
signed with the artist's initials and later dated '70 CA' (on the white element)
standing mobile: painted sheet metal, brass and wire
29 x 37½ x 15½in. (73.7 x 95.3 x 39.4cm.)
Executed in 1969
Provenance
The Estate of the Artist.
Pace Wildenstein, New York (acquired in 2005).
Private Collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.
Pace Wildenstein, New York (acquired in 2005).
Private Collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.
Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo a Vela, Calder: Mostra retrospettiva, 1983, no. 241 (illustrated in colour, p. 136).
Santa Fe, Gerald Peters Gallery, The Whimsical World of Alexander Calder, 2003. This exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Gerald Peters Gallery.
Milan, Galleria Géio Marconi, Alexander Calder, 60's-70's, 2005.
Santa Fe, Gerald Peters Gallery, The Whimsical World of Alexander Calder, 2003. This exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Gerald Peters Gallery.
Milan, Galleria Géio Marconi, Alexander Calder, 60's-70's, 2005.
Further details
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A11989.
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot should be starred in the catalogue.
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