Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
The Margaret Schevill Necklace
Alexander Calder
Necklace
Auction Closed
May 13, 09:05 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Margaret Schevill Necklace
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Necklace
brass wire
8 by 27 by 5 ⅛ in. 20.3 by 68.6 by 13 cm.
Executed circa 1942.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A19132.
Collection of Margaret Schevill, Berkeley (gift of the artist circa 1950)
Collection of Helen Schevill, Berkeley (by descent from the above in 1962)
Thence by descent from the above to the present owner in 2012
Collection of Helen Schevill, Berkeley (by descent from the above in 1962)
Thence by descent from the above to the present owner in 2012
West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Calder Jewelry, February 2008 - April 2010, pp. 220-221, p. 279, illustrated in color