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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 160

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Untitled (The Circus Rings)

Closed8 March 2013

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USD 40,000

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled (The Circus Rings)
charcoal on paper
14 x 19½ in. (35.6 x 49.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.

Untitled (The Circus Rings)
charcoal on paper
14 x 19½ in. (35.6 x 49.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.

Untitled (Pulleys & Ropes)
charcoal on paper
14 x 19½ in. (35.6 x 49.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.

Untitled (Studies of Figures in Movement)
charcoal on paper
14¾ x 19½ in. (49.5 x 37.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.

Untitled (Monkeys)
pencil on paper
19½ x 14 in. (49.5 x 35.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.

Untitled (Ring Master's Dressing Room)
charcoal on paper
19½ x 14 in. (49.5 x 35.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.

Untitled (Man Holding Ropes)
graphite on paper
15 x 11½ in. (38.1 x 29.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1925.
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Gift of the artist to Jane Davenport Harris, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 17 November 1988, lot 292
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 February 1999, lots 253, 255, 256, 299, 296, 293, 278
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

These works are registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application numbers A17850, A17853, A17852, A17912, A17915, A17909, and A17887.