Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Untitled

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled
hanging mobile—sheet metal, wire and paint
66 ½ x 43 x 42in. (168.9 x 109.2 x 106.7cm.)
Executed circa 1947

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Provenance
Stamo and Audrey Papadaki, Washington, Connecticut (gift of the artist circa 1947).
Their sale, Christie's New York, 13 May 1998, lot 251.
Collection of William Rubin, New York.
His sale, Sotheby's New York, 10 May 2005, lot 32.
Private Collection, New York.
Kukje Gallery, Seoul.
Anon. sale; Seoul Auction, Hong Kong, 29 November 2015, lot 52.
Private collection, Seoul.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

Exhibited
Riehen, Foundation Beyeler, Calder-Miró, 2004, no. 67, p. 250 (illustrated in colour, p. 232).
New York, Jonathan O’Hara Gallery, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, 2006.

Post Lot Text
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A10735.