Through the Hoop

Details

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Through the Hoop
signed and dated 'Calder 1932' (lower right)
ink on paper
22 ½ x 30 ½ in. (57.1 x 77.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1932.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Collection of Robert M. Meltzer, Dallas, 1971
Perls Galleries, New York
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1983

Literature

J. Lipman and N. Foote, Calder’s Circus, New York, 1972, p. 123 (illustrated).
Antiques, June 1983, vol. CXXIII, p. 1120, no. 6 (illustrated).
Art in America, Summer 1983, vol. 71, p. 22, no. 6 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, no. 11 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05078.

“We marvel at the tireless energy of the King of the Beasts and his lioness pacing before the bars. How kingly and courageous they seem whenever we see them. Even in the circus where they supposedly are tamed, they seem ever to be on the verge of breaking loose.” (A. Calder in Calder, Alexander. Animal Sketching. Pelham, NY: Bridgman Publishers, 1926.)

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