Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number AO1199.
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Crinkly Crocodile
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Calder, A.
Crinkly Crocodile
signed with monogram and dated 'CA 71' (on the top)
animobile--painted sheet metal
Height: 5 in. (13.3 cm.)
Width: 40 in. (102.2 cm.)
Depth: 6 in. (15.2 cm.)
Executed in 1971
Calder, A.
Crinkly Crocodile
signed with monogram and dated 'CA 71' (on the top)
animobile--painted sheet metal
Height: 5 in. (13.3 cm.)
Width: 40 in. (102.2 cm.)
Depth: 6 in. (15.2 cm.)
Executed in 1971
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Texas (acquired from the above, 1987).
Acquired by the present owner, 1995.
Private Collection, Texas (acquired from the above, 1987).
Acquired by the present owner, 1995.
Exhibited
New York, Perls Galleries, Animobiles--recent gouaches, October-November 1971, no. 5 (illustrated).
The Fort Worth Art Museum, Calder Animals: Made at the Zoo and Elsewhere Too!, June-September 1985.
The Fort Worth Art Museum, Calder Animals: Made at the Zoo and Elsewhere Too!, June-September 1985.
Sale room notice
This work was also exhibited at Turino, Palazzo a Vela, Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, July-September 1983, no. 264.