Alexander Calder
Untitled , 1968 (Executed)
Lot #112 |
2025-03-05 |
Sotheby's, London
Contemporary Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 200,000 - 300,000 (currency of sale)
USD 256,000 - 384,000 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L25003
Auction name: Contemporary Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2025-03-05
Currency: GBP
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Acquired Circa Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 23.5 by 26.7 by 7.6 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
23.5
Width In Centimeters:
26.7
Depth In Centimeters:
7.6
Height In Inches:
9.25
Width In Inches:
10.5
Depth In Inches:
3
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Year notes: Executed in 1968.
Provenance
Estate of the artist Pace Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1988) James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1988) Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1988) Edward Totah Gallery, London Private Collection, Switzerland Finarte, Lugano, 28 March 1992, lot 118 Private Collection Gallery Marwan Hoss, Paris (acquired circa 1994) Acquired from the above in 1995 by the present owner
Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo a Vela, Calder: Mostra retrospettiva , July - September 1983, no. 247 p. 139, illustrated in colour (incorrectly titled nero e rosso ) Milan, Gallerie Seno and London, Edward Totah Gallery, Alexander Calder: Standing and Hanging Mobiles 1945-1976 , October - December 1988, no. 5, p. 13, illustrated in colour (titled blue on top and dated 1960)
Literature
Maurice Bruzeau, Calder à Saché , Paris 1975, no. 250, p. 162, illustrated (in the artist's home) Pedro E. Guererro, Calder at Home: The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder , New York 1998, p. 118, illustrated (in the artist's home)
Catalog summary
Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976 Untitled sheet metal, wire and paint 23.5 by 26.7 by 7.6 cm. 9¼ by 10½ by 3 in. Executed circa 1968. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A01189 . Provenance Estate of the artist Pace Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1988) James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1988) Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1988) Edward Totah Gallery, London Private Collection, Switzerland Finarte, Lugano, 28 March 1992, lot 118 Private Collection Gallery Marwan Hoss, Paris (acquired circa 1994) Acquired from the above in 1995 by the present owner Exhibited Turin, Palazzo a Vela, Calder: Mostra retrospettiva , July - September 1983, no. 247 p. 139, illustrated in colour (incorrectly titled nero e rosso ) Milan, Gallerie Seno and London, Edward Totah Gallery, Alexander Calder: Standing and Hanging Mobiles 1945-1976 , October - December 1988, no. 5, p. 13, illustrated in colour (titled blue on top and dated 1960) Literature Maurice Bruzeau, Calder à Saché , Paris 1975, no. 250, p. 162, illustrated (in the artist's home) Pedro E. Guererro, Calder at Home: The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder , New York 1998, p. 118, illustrated (in the artist's home)