Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Six feuilles rouges, Quatres noires

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Six feuilles rouges, Quatres noires
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'CA 60' (on the largest red element)
hanging mobile--painted sheet metal and wire
23 x 52 x 36 in. (58.4 x 132 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, acquired from the above, 1964
Acquired from the above by family of the present owner, 1965

Lot Essay

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A14434.


"When I cut out my plates, I have two things in mind. I want them to be more alive, and I think about balance... The most important thing is that the mobile be able to catch the air. It has to be able to move." (A. Calder quoted in Calder, New York, 1971, p. 69)

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