Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Alexander Calder
Escutcheon
Auction Closed
March 3, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Escutcheon
incised with the artist's monogram and dated 76 on the black element
painted sheet metal and wire
52.3 by 70.5 by 63.5 cm. 20⅝ by 27¾ by 25 in.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00717.
Please note that ARR is not applicable for this lot and not as stated in the printed catalogue.
Estate of The Artist
Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1985)
Christie's, New York, 2 May 1991, Lot 153
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1985)
Christie's, New York, 2 May 1991, Lot 153
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles, December 1976 - January 1977, n.p., no. 7 (text)
New York, Pace Gallery, Calder's Calders, May - June 1985, p. 50, illustrated
Madrid, Galería Elvira González, Alexander Calder - Yves Tanguy, January - February 1999, p. 21, illustrated in colour