Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property from a Distinguished Private New York Collection
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Auction Closed
May 17, 12:56 AM GMT
Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private New York Collection
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Untitled
incised with the artist's monogram CA and dated 71 (on the largest red element)
sheet metal, wire and paint
69 by 68 by 12 ½ in. 175.3 by 172.7 by 31.8 cm.
Executed in 1971.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A09601.
James Johnson Sweeney, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1971)
Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, lot 11 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Thomas Ammann, Zurich (acquired at the above sale)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Private Collection, Madrid
Faggionato Fine Arts, London
Galeria Freites, Caracas (acquired from the above in 2011)
Acquired from the above in 2012 by the present owner
Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, lot 11 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Thomas Ammann, Zurich (acquired at the above sale)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Private Collection, Madrid
Faggionato Fine Arts, London
Galeria Freites, Caracas (acquired from the above in 2011)
Acquired from the above in 2012 by the present owner
Madrid, Galleria Elvira Gonzalez, Calder, 2010–11, no. 11, p. 31, illustrated in color