Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00651.
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The Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection: A New York Story
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Ostrich
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Ostrich
signed with artist's monogram 'CA' (on the yellow element)
standing mobile--sheet metal, wire and paint
6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (15.8 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1950.
Ostrich
signed with artist's monogram 'CA' (on the yellow element)
standing mobile--sheet metal, wire and paint
6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (15.8 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1950.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1971
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1971
Exhibited
Yonkers, Hudson River Museum, Calder Creatures Great and Small, July-September 1985, p. 17 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Calder Intime, February-May 1989, p. 189 (illustrated).
New York, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, October 1989-March 1990.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, The Mobile, the Stabile, the Animal: Wit in the Art of Alexander Calder, September-December 1995, p. 31 (illustrated).
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Calder in Connecticut. April-August 2000, p. 149, no. 87, fig. 169 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Calder Intime, February-May 1989, p. 189 (illustrated).
New York, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, October 1989-March 1990.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, The Mobile, the Stabile, the Animal: Wit in the Art of Alexander Calder, September-December 1995, p. 31 (illustrated).
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Calder in Connecticut. April-August 2000, p. 149, no. 87, fig. 169 (illustrated).
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