Alexander Calder (1989-1976)
Lot 682 The Tuttleman Collection

Alexander Calder (1989-1976)

Two White, One Yellow Dot and Brass on Red and Blue

Closed16 November 2017

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Alexander Calder (1989-1976)
Two White, One Yellow Dot and Brass on Red and Blue
signed with the artist's monogram 'CA' (on the brass element)
standing mobile--sheet metal, brass, wire and paint
5 ¾ x 9 ½ x 3 1/8 in. (14.6 x 24.1 x 7.9 cm.)
Executed in 1958.

Perls Galleries, New York
Private collection
Fontana Gallery, Narberth
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1978

Specialist note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A07767.

“What is essential to the shape of Calder’s sculpture is the physical and dynamic reaction caused by moving the various elements closer together or farther apart, whether they are internal to the work or related to outside factors, like the movement of air. In the 1960s, this same principle of reciprocity…became central to artistic research.”

Daniela Lancioni, ‘Calder: The Avant-Garde put to Work’ in Calder: Sculptor of Air, Calder Foundation, New York, 2009, p. 60.