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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 63 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Fafnir - Dragon II (Maquette)

Closed27 June 2012

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GBP 735,650

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Fafnir - Dragon II (Maquette)
signed with the artist's initials and later dated '70 CA' (on the white element)
standing mobile: painted sheet metal, brass and wire
29 x 37½ x 15½in. (73.7 x 95.3 x 39.4cm.)
Executed in 1969

The Estate of the Artist.
Pace Wildenstein, New York (acquired in 2005).
Private Collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.