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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

Lot 521
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ID 1508434
Lot 521 | ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Critter aux Seins Déséquilibrés
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'CA 74' (on the reverse)
sheet metal and paint
76 ½ x 36 ¼ x 25 ¼ in. (194.3 x 92.1 x 64.2 cm.)
Executed in 1974.




Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin, 1981
Private collection, Florida
Jacob Weintraub Gallery, New York, 1984
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987



Literature

"Calder," Beaux Arts Magazine, July 1996, p. 49 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Maeght, Calder: Crags and Critters, January-February 1975, pp. 4-5, 22 and 25 (illustrated).
Zürich, Galerie Maeght, Calder: Crags and Critters, September-October 1975, pp. 21-24, no. 7 (illustrated).
Milan, Studio Marconi, Alexander Calder: Critters and Crags, February 1976.
Hanover, Galerie Brusberg, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Grafik, und Critters, December 1980-March 1981, pp. 27 and 35 (illustrated).



Further Details

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08544.
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