Live Auction 15348Post-War and Contemporary Art
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 43 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Rosary

Closed1 March 2018

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USD 15,000

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Rosary
wood and wire
crucifix: 4 ¾ x 4 ½ x 1 in. (12.1 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm.)
chain: 57 in. (144.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1929.

Maria de Acosta Sargent Chanler, Massachusetts, gift from the artist, circa 1929
Mrs. Kenneth F. Simpson, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1980

Specialist note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A13306.