ID 1423001
Lot 68 | ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 000 – 7 000 000
Big Horizontal Red
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'CA 56' (on the largest element)
sheet metal, wire and paint
15 x 125 x 28 in. (38.1 x 317.5 x 71.1 cm.)
Executed in 1956.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Private collection
Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, 1961, gift of the above
Their sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 6 May 1997, lot 18
Private collection, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
“Mobile Part of Hospital Therapy,” Houston Post, 29 November 1961, n.p. (illustrated).
Further Details
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A07586.
| Artist: | Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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