Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Four Above Ten Blacks
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Four Above Ten Blacks
signed ‘CA’ (on the largest black element)
hanging mobile--sheet metal, wire and paint
43 x 59 in. (109.2 x 149.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1956.
Provenance
Alberto and Minsa Burri, Rome, 1956, gift of the artist
Galeria Sprovieri, Rome
M. Knoedler Gallery, Zurich
Anon. sale; Christie’s London, 3 July 1987, lot 1052
Perls Galleries, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 7
Private collection, Denver
By descent from the above to the present owner
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PROPERTY SOLD BY A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Exhibited
Rome, Galeria Dell’Obelisco, Calder, March 1956.
Milan, Galeria D’Arte Dell Naviglio, Alexander Calder, April 1956.
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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Four Above Ten Blacks
signed ‘CA’ (on the largest black element)
hanging mobile--sheet metal, wire and paint
43 x 59 in. (109.2 x 149.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1956.
Provenance
Alberto and Minsa Burri, Rome, 1956, gift of the artist
Galeria Sprovieri, Rome
M. Knoedler Gallery, Zurich
Anon. sale; Christie’s London, 3 July 1987, lot 1052
Perls Galleries, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 7
Private collection, Denver
By descent from the above to the present owner
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY SOLD BY A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Exhibited
Rome, Galeria Dell’Obelisco, Calder, March 1956.
Milan, Galeria D’Arte Dell Naviglio, Alexander Calder, April 1956.