Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976
106.7 x 152.4 cm
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
The Leonard J. Horwich Charitable Trust (acquired from the above, 1967)
Private Collection
Sale: Christie’s New York 19 Nov 2024, Lot 048 A
Private Collection
Exhibitions
1964 New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art; Art Gallery of Toronto and Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Nov - Oct, n. 176
1966 Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Alexander Calder, Apr - May, n. 9 1972 The Arts Club of Chicago, Aubusson Tapestries by Alexander Calder, Nov – Dec, p. 2, n. 25
1992 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Alexander Calder from the Collection of the Ruth and Leonard J. Horwich Family, Nov-Jan, n. 15, ill. p. 12-13 and 22
1996-2024 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, (extended loan). 2000 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Alexander Calder in Focus, Dec – Aug
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, Jun - Oct, pl. 59, ill. p. 144 and 174, pl. 59
2013 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NCA DNA: Alexander Calder, Oct - Aug 2015
2026 San Francisco, CA, Berggruen Gallery, Defining the Century: Modern Visionaries from Picasso to Calder, September 10 – October 22, 2026
Literature
1964, “Art: Sculpture,” Time, vol. 84, no. 21, 20, ill. p. 98
1997, J. S. Sawyers, Famous Firsts of Scottish-Americans. Gretna, p. 39 2013, Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, ill. p. 195