Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976 Untitled (Standing Mobile). Ca. 1953s. Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and metal wire, painted. Ca. 15.9 x 26 x 5.1 cm (6.2 x 10.2 x 2 in). The Fondation Louis Vuitton honored Alexander Calder this year with the blockbuster exhibition “Calder. Rêver en équilibre,” featuring nearly 300 of his works. [CH]. • RARITY An early “Standing Mobile” from circa 1953, dating from Calder’s highly sought-after creative period of the 1940s and 1950s. • BIENNALE Created immediately after Calder was awarded the Grand Prize for Sculpture at the 1952 Venice Biennale. • DUALITY & KINETICS A masterful interplay of solid stability and delicate lightness, of stillness and movement—a sculpture in constant flux. • PROVENANCE Since its creation, it has been in the important collection of Bruno E. Werner, an early patron and personal companion of Calder’s. • MUSEUM QUALITY Comparable “Standing Mobiles” are at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. This work is registered in the Archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under the application number "A 31166". PROVENANCE: Bruno E. Werner Collection (1896-1964), Washington, D.C. / Munich (presumably directly from the artist in the 1950s). In the family’s possession ever since. Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 17.34 h +/- 20 min.

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