Live Auction 3790Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 1 BThe Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection: A New York Story

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Red Crescent, Blue Post

Closed10 November 2015

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USD 2,405,000

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Red Crescent, Blue Post
signed 'AC' (on the base)
standing mobile—sheet metal, wire and paint
16 x 23 x 8 in. (40.6 x 58.4 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1955.

Perls Galleries, New York
BC Holland, Inc., Chicago
James Goodman, New York
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
Galerie Arta S.A., Geneva
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1973

Specialist note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A08754.