Alexander Calder
sheet metal, wire and paint
29 x 54 x 28 in. (73.7 x 137.2 x 71.1 cm)
Executed in 1959, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application no. A19537.
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Provenance:
Mário Pedrosa, Brazil (gifted by the artist in 1959)
Vera Pedrosa, Brazil (by descent from the above in 1981)
Thence by descent to the present owners in 2021
Exhibited:
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, u003cemu003eAlexander Calder: Escultura, Guache,u003c/emu003e September 23–October 25, 1959, no. 16, n.p. (titled as u003cemu003eSnow Flurry of Mayu003c/emu003e)
Rio de Janeiro, Galeria Jean Boghici,u003cemu003e Homenagem a Mário Pedrosau003c/emu003e, April–July 1980, pp. 35, 64 (illustrated, p. 35; titled as u003cemu003eMobileu003c/emu003e)
Rio de Janeiro, Casa Roberto Marinho, u003cemu003eCalder + Miró,u003c/emu003e August 19–November 20, 2022, pp. 130-131 (illustrated)
São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, u003cemu003eCalder + Miró,u003c/emu003e June 21–September 15, 2024
Literature:
u003cemu003eAlexander Calder: Mobiles, Pintura, Guaches,u003c/emu003e exh. cat., Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, 1980 (illustrated on the cover)
sheet metal, wire and paint
29 x 54 x 28 in. (73.7 x 137.2 x 71.1 cm)
Executed in 1959, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application no. A19537.
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Provenance:
Mário Pedrosa, Brazil (gifted by the artist in 1959)
Vera Pedrosa, Brazil (by descent from the above in 1981)
Thence by descent to the present owners in 2021
Exhibited:
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, u003cemu003eAlexander Calder: Escultura, Guache,u003c/emu003e September 23–October 25, 1959, no. 16, n.p. (titled as u003cemu003eSnow Flurry of Mayu003c/emu003e)
Rio de Janeiro, Galeria Jean Boghici,u003cemu003e Homenagem a Mário Pedrosau003c/emu003e, April–July 1980, pp. 35, 64 (illustrated, p. 35; titled as u003cemu003eMobileu003c/emu003e)
Rio de Janeiro, Casa Roberto Marinho, u003cemu003eCalder + Miró,u003c/emu003e August 19–November 20, 2022, pp. 130-131 (illustrated)
São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, u003cemu003eCalder + Miró,u003c/emu003e June 21–September 15, 2024
Literature:
u003cemu003eAlexander Calder: Mobiles, Pintura, Guaches,u003c/emu003e exh. cat., Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, 1980 (illustrated on the cover)
