Sale 03PT02 | Lot 45

Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 STABILE/MOBILE

Catalogue: Modern & Contemporary and European & American Paintings
Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 STABILE/MOBILE

Lot Details

Lot 45
Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 STABILE/MOBILE
American, 1898-1976
STABILE/MOBILE
Signed with initials CA underneath upper element
Painted sheet metal and wire
Greatest height 19 1/2 inches (49.5), greatest width 15 inches (38 cm.)
Exhibited:
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Alexander Calder: Small Scale, May-June 1982, illustrated in color on the cover.
According to the Calder Foundation, both the top and base of this work are by Alexander Calder. However, the top is from Wisp of Copper, 1973 and the base from Blue Polygon on Red, 1974. The parts were inadvertently switched by an art dealer after Calder's death. The work was acquired privately, not from the artist.

Estate of Sally Williams Righter

Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
Sold for $65,725 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

generally good condition; 2 scuff marks; 1 spot of paint loss on body; tiny bit on inside edge


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Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
Sold for $65,725 (includes buyer's premium)

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Modern & Contemporary and European & American Paintings

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