Sale 2792
New York
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13 November 2013
Price realised
USD 1,289,000
Estimate
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Harlequin: Three Equals Five signed with artist's monogram and dated 'CA 70' (on the base); signed with artist's monogram and dated again 'CA 70' (on the largest white element) painted sheet metal and wire 34½ x 48 x 48 in. (87.6 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm.) Executed in 1970.
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982
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Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Alexander Calder: Standing Mobiles, December 1980-January 1981. Houston, Dean Day Gallery, Alexander Calder, April-May 1981, no. 31.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A01760.
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