Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A15273.
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The Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection: A New York Story
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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signed with artist's monogram 'CA' (on the largest element)
hanging mobile--sheet metal, wood, wire, lead, string and paint
28 x 31 x 10 in. (71.1 x 78.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Black Areas
signed with artist's monogram 'CA' (on the largest element)
hanging mobile--sheet metal, wood, wire, lead, string and paint
28 x 31 x 10 in. (71.1 x 78.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Provenance
Gift of the artist to Jean Hélion, Rockbridge Baths, Virginia
Private collection, 1955
Elkon Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1965
Private collection, 1955
Elkon Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1965
Literature
The Surreal Calder, exh. cat., Menil Collection, Houston, 2005, p. 135, fig. 58 (preparatory drawing illustrated).
A. S. C. Rower, ed., Calder by Matter, Paris, 2013, p. 50 (illustrated).
Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013, p. 173 (illustrated).
A. S. C. Rower, ed., Calder by Matter, Paris, 2013, p. 50 (illustrated).
Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013, p. 173 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Calder Mobiles-Stabiles, May 1939, no. 14.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, September 1943-January 1944, no. 61.
Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Calder, April-May 1969, no. 23B.
Munich, Haus der Kunst and Kunsthaus Zurich, Calder, May-November 1975, p. 91, no. 22 (Munich; illustrated); p. 47, no. 21 (Zurich; illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, September 1943-January 1944, no. 61.
Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Calder, April-May 1969, no. 23B.
Munich, Haus der Kunst and Kunsthaus Zurich, Calder, May-November 1975, p. 91, no. 22 (Munich; illustrated); p. 47, no. 21 (Zurich; illustrated).
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