Lot 116
- 116
Alexander Calder
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Alexander Calder
- Black Shelter with Red Signal
painted metal
- 8 5/8 by 7 by 4 1/4 in. 21.9 by 17.8 by 10.8 cm.
- Executed circa 1945, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A09308.
Provenance
Galerie Gerald Cramer, Geneva (acquired directly from the artist in 1948)
Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired by the previous owner from the above on October 21, 1986
Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired by the previous owner from the above on October 21, 1986
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, October - November 1946
Künsthalle Bern, Calder, Léger, Bodmer, Leuppi, May 1947, cat. no. 13
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Calder/Léger, July - August 1947, cat. no. 13
Literature
Exh. Cat., Geneva, Galerie Gerald Cramer, Oeuvre Original de Peintres, 1867 - 1950, May 1950, p. 45, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is some very minor paint loss at the resting points, as well as evidence of very light wear and handling.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"At the same time [1945], Calder's stabiles took on a greater complexity of interpenetrating geometrical forms. Now the pierced elements helped to a new lyrical effect... He had finally brought grace and a suggestion of weightlessness into the stabile which formerly had been oppressively heavy. Here the art lay in the suggestion of movement through the interpenetrating planes - what Mondrian had felt Calder should have done when Calder first suggested translating contrasted color areas into actual movement." - James Johnson Sweeney (Alexander Calder, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951)