Lot 287
  • 287

Alexander Calder

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Brooch
  • brass wire, steel wire and glass
  • 4 3/4 by 4 by 5/8 in. 12 by 10.2 by 1.6 cm.
  • Executed circa 1936, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08940.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Private Collection
Hope Makler, Philadelphia (acquired directly from the artist)
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (acquired in 2008)

Exhibited

New York, Perls Galleries, Calder: Jewelry, November - December 1966
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Calder Intime, February - May 1989, pp. 259 and 356, illustrated in color
New York, James Goodman Gallery, Calder: Space in Play, October - December 2014

Literature

Alexander S.C. Rower and Holton Rower, eds., Calder Jewelry, New York, 2007, pp. 62 and 266, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. Very close inspection reveals some extremely minor tarnishing around the joints. The visible signs of wear on the glass element, such as scratching, are inherent to the nature of the found material and the artist’s working method.
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