Live Auction 17650Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 658 The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Bird

Closed14 November 2019

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USD 543,000

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Bird
standing mobile—silver and silver wire
8 ½ x 9 x 8 in. (21.6 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1940.

Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"A mobile in motion leaves behind an invisible wake behind it, or rather, each element leaves an individual wake behind its individual self. Sometimes these wakes are concentrated within each other, and sometimes they are deployed” -- Alexander Calder