Cheval II

Details

ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Cheval II
signed with the artist's monogram and numbered 'CA 5/6' (on the rear right leg)
bronze with black patina
4 ½ x 8 x 4 ¾ in. (11.4 x 20.3 x 12.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1930, cast in 1966 in an edition of six plus one artist's proof

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris, acquired in 1966.
Mrs. Eunice W. and John H. Johnson, Chicago, 1969, acquired from the above.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

G. di San Lazzaro, ed., "Homage to Alexander Calder" in XXe siècle Review, Paris, 1972, p. 31 (another cast illustrated).
J. Lipman, Calder's Circus, New York, 1972, p. 100 (another cast illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, Paris, 1989, p. 182 (another cast illustrated).
L Arts and The Calder Foundation, Calder: The Complete Bronzes, New York, 2012, pp. 31 and 117, no. 9 (another cast illustrated).

Sale Room Notice

Please note the updated literature references on the Christie's website.

Brought to you by

Vanessa Fusco

vfusco@christies.com +1 212 636 2050

Lot Essay

This model was first cast in a numbered edition of fifty in 1964 by Kunstgiesserei Schmaeke, Dusseldorf, for the Documenta Foundation. Examples are held in the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (ed. FM) and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (ed. 25/50).
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00861.5.

More from La Ménagerie

View All