Collection of Renate and Sidney Shapiro It was a marriage of love and complete sharing. The Renate and Sidney Shapiro collection is a reflection of the couple's deep love for each other. Married fifty years, Renate and Sidney started to collect as a way to explore New York culture, the arts and world travel, later inspiring their two sons. Featuring prestigious examples of modern, contemporary and African Art, the Shapiro collection is like a journey around the world, and includes examples of works by artists as various as Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Diego Giacometti and Manuel Rivera. Passionate collectors, the Renate and Sidney recognized that selecting the right art required time and careful research. Early on, a simple rule was established for all acquisitions-- they both had to agree the art was exceptional, no matter how many steps they had had to climb to visit an artist's studio! For her birthday, Renate would say to Sidney , "Don't buy me jewelry, buy us art". On one occasion, Sidney, a successful home fashion designer and manufacturer, surprised Renate with a silver necklace by Alexander Calder that she often wore. Sidney and Renate would meet the artists personally whenever possible before acquiring their work. They traveled to Paris to meet Diego Giacometti before purchasing his L'Autruche and Table Grecque (see Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale lots 415 and 416). They further affirmed their appreciation of Modern art by acquiring Picasso's Le peintre et son modèle in 1933 (see Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale lot 28). Renate and Sidney's interest in contemporary art blossomed in the late 1970's as they were early supporters and advocates of The New Museum for Contemporary Art. As a result, the Shapiros added works to the collection by many of the best-known contemporary artists of the period, including William Anastasi, Ann Hamilton, Keith Haring, Anish Kapoor, Robert Longo, Mario Merz, Julian Schnabel and Daisy Youngblood.

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Untitled (Necklace)

细节

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled (Necklace)
silver
10¾ x 15¼ x ¾ in. (27.3 x 38.7 x .6 cm.)
Executed circa 1940s.

来源

Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1967

出版

Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, ed., Homage to Alexander Calder, Special Issue of XXe Siécle, Paris, 1972, p. 90 (illustrated).
exh. cat. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Calder Intime, Paris, 1989, p. 270 (illustrated).

展览

New York, Perls Galleries, Calder: Jewelry, November-December 1966. Berlin, Academie der Kunst, Alexander Calder, May-July 1967.

拍品专文

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A16317.