LOT DETAILS

Materials:

hanging mobile-painted steel rod, wire, string, colored glass and metal objects

Measurements:

15.51 in. (39.40 cm.) (height) by 44.09 in. (112.00 cm.) (width) by 3.23 in. (8.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's monogram 'CA' (suspended in wire)

Exhibited:

Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Alexander Calder, May-June 2003. New York, Gagosian Gallery, What’s Modern, November-December 2004, pp. 38-39 and 107 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

S. Thierry, ed., Calder Intime, Paris, 1989, p. 237 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Sherman, commissioned from the artist Mr. and Mrs. William P. Sherman, Wilmette, Illinois Their sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 1987, lot 33 Private collection Gagosian Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004