Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York under application number A15922.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BARONESS MARCELLA KORFF
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Ostrich
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Ostrich
standing mobile--painted sheet metal and wire
53½ x 54 x 25 in. (135.9 x 137.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Executed in 1941.
Ostrich
standing mobile--painted sheet metal and wire
53½ x 54 x 25 in. (135.9 x 137.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Executed in 1941.
Provenance
Mary Callery, New York, gift of the artist
Estate of Mary Callery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Estate of Mary Callery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
The Surreal Calder, exh. cat., The Menil Collection, Houston, 2006, p. 107 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, Alexander Calder: Mobiles/Jewelry, Fernand Léger: Gouaches/Drawings, March-April 1941.
Los Angeles, Design Project, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Jewelry: A Few Paintings by Paul Klee, September-October 1941.
San Francisco Museum of Art, Mobiles by Alexander Calder, Stabiles and Jewelry, November 1941.
Arts Club of Chicago, Nine American Artists, February 1942, no. 5. Cincinnati Art Museum, Paintings by Paul Klee and Mobiles and Stabiles by Alexander Calder, April-May 1942, no. 5.
Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art, 17 Mobiles by Alexander Calder, May-July 1943.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Calder Intime, February 1989-August 1990, p. 188 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Design Project, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Jewelry: A Few Paintings by Paul Klee, September-October 1941.
San Francisco Museum of Art, Mobiles by Alexander Calder, Stabiles and Jewelry, November 1941.
Arts Club of Chicago, Nine American Artists, February 1942, no. 5. Cincinnati Art Museum, Paintings by Paul Klee and Mobiles and Stabiles by Alexander Calder, April-May 1942, no. 5.
Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art, 17 Mobiles by Alexander Calder, May-July 1943.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Calder Intime, February 1989-August 1990, p. 188 (illustrated).