Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A11688.
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Property from The Museum of Modern Art, sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Menacing Petals
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Menacing Petals
signed and dated 'Calder 67' (lower right)
gouache on paper
29½ x 43¼ in. (74.9 x 109.8 cm.)
Executed in 1967.
Menacing Petals
signed and dated 'Calder 67' (lower right)
gouache on paper
29½ x 43¼ in. (74.9 x 109.8 cm.)
Executed in 1967.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, acquired from the artist
Gift of the above to the present owner, 1969
Gift of the above to the present owner, 1969
Exhibited
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Alexander Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles, May-August 1969.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, A Salute to Alexander Calder, December 1969-February 1970, p. 28.
Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno; Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and Mexico City, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Alexander Calder, October 1970-November 1971.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Tyler Museum of Art, Texas; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum and Oakland Museum, Alexander Calder, January 1972-January 1973.
New Windsor, New York, Storm King Art Center, Drawings and Sculpture: Noguchi, Calder and Smith, May-October 1979.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, A Salute to Alexander Calder, December 1969-February 1970, p. 28.
Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno; Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and Mexico City, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Alexander Calder, October 1970-November 1971.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Tyler Museum of Art, Texas; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum and Oakland Museum, Alexander Calder, January 1972-January 1973.
New Windsor, New York, Storm King Art Center, Drawings and Sculpture: Noguchi, Calder and Smith, May-October 1979.