Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Red Toenail, Blue 'L'

Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Red Toenail, Blue 'L'
hanging mobile--incised with initials and dated 'CA 62' (on the largest red element)
painted sheet metal, rod and wire
Height: 40 in. (96 cm.)
Span: 138 in. (331.2 cm.)
Executed in 1962
Provenance
Perls Galleries, Inc., New York
Grosvenor Gallery (Eric Estorick), London
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 14 September 1967
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, Alexander Calder/Sculpture/Mobiles, July-August 1962, p. 26, no. 77 (illustrated, p. 25).