Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 194 THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Untitled (Pin)

Closed26 June 2013

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GBP 30,000

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled (Pin)
silver and steel wire
4½ x 2½ x ¼in. (11.5 x 5.7 x 0.6cm.)
Executed circa 1958

A gift from the artist to the previous owner circa 1958, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A18974.



'Spectacular as it is, there is no shortcuts, no tricks, no recipes, no mystification, in Calder's art. The only formula - probably the most sophisticated of all - is innocent simplicity.'
(J. Davidson, quoted in Calder, An Autobiography with Pictures, New York 1966. Reprinted with introduction by Jean Davidson, New York 1977, p. 7).