Alexander Calder’s1964 Mobile: Sculpture in Motion
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This mature work by the American artist is exemplary of his research into movement. In this mobile, we find the color work that led him to abstraction… Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Polychrome on Brass Wave, 1964, metal, copper, wire and paint, monogrammed “CA” on base, 35.5 x 66 x 8.9 cm/13.9 x 25.98 x 3.5 in.Estimate: €800,000/1.2 M© 2024 Calder Foundation, New York/adagp, Paris In 1964, Alexander Calder had nothing left to prove. At a time when a cycle of retrospective exhibitions was being organized, starting at the Guggenheim in New York and ending at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the
