Lot 20
  • 20

Alexander Calder

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated 72 on the base
  • painted metal and wire standing mobile
  • 71 by 107 by 39.5cm.
  • 28 by 42 1/8 by 15 1/2 in.

Provenance

Private Collection (a gift from the artist)
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Basel, Galerie Beyeler; Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, Poetry in Motion, 2007, pp. 38-9, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours in the catalogue illustration are accurate, although the illustration fails to convey the three dimensional and moving elements of the original. This work is in very good condition with free movement of all the elements. Close inspection reveals spots of wear at intervals to the rods and to the hanging black element, which are inherent to the artist's choice of medium and the moving nature of the work. Close inspection reveals two very faint hairline rubmarks to the black base.
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