Alexander Calder Mobile
Property from the Collection of Natalie and Léon Seroussi, Paris
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Mobile
sheet metal, wire and paint
56 x 175 x 50 cm; 18 ⅛ x 68 ⅞ x 19 ¾ in.
Executed in 1950.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00883.
Accompanying the work is an autograph letter signed by Alexander Calder and addressed to Pierre Loeb, dated 27 February 1951 (3 pages): “My dear Pierre, Did you ever receive the mobile I sent (...) for you? (...) My exhibition at Maeght has travelled to the Netherlands, Sweden and England (...).” The letter is accompanied by an original drawing of Mobile, enhanced with coloured pencils.
Catalogue Note:
© 2026 Calder Foundation, New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Provenance:
Sylvia and Pierre Loeb, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1951)
Galerie Albert Loeb, Paris (acquired from the above)
Collection Léon and Natalie Seroussi, Meudon (acquired from the above circa 1990)
Literature:
Alexander Calder, James Johnson Sweeney, and Daniel Lelong, Calder, l’artiste et l’oeuvre, Paris 1971, p. 10, illustrated
Property from the Collection of Natalie and Léon Seroussi, Paris
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Mobile
sheet metal, wire and paint
56 x 175 x 50 cm; 18 ⅛ x 68 ⅞ x 19 ¾ in.
Executed in 1950.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A00883.
Accompanying the work is an autograph letter signed by Alexander Calder and addressed to Pierre Loeb, dated 27 February 1951 (3 pages): “My dear Pierre, Did you ever receive the mobile I sent (...) for you? (...) My exhibition at Maeght has travelled to the Netherlands, Sweden and England (...).” The letter is accompanied by an original drawing of Mobile, enhanced with coloured pencils.
Catalogue Note:
© 2026 Calder Foundation, New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Provenance:
Sylvia and Pierre Loeb, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1951)
Galerie Albert Loeb, Paris (acquired from the above)
Collection Léon and Natalie Seroussi, Meudon (acquired from the above circa 1990)
Literature:
Alexander Calder, James Johnson Sweeney, and Daniel Lelong, Calder, l’artiste et l’oeuvre, Paris 1971, p. 10, illustrated
