Alexander Calder
(Philadelphia 1898–1976 New York)
Circus, 1931, signed and dated Calder 31, gouache and ink
on paper, 49.5 x 64.8 cm, framed
The work is registered in the Calder Foundation with the
no. A08391.
Provenance:
Perls Gallery, New York
through successive cessions to the present owner
Private Collection, Israel
Alexander Calder’s gouache “Circus” presents an intimate view into the artist’s fascination with the circus. This interest culminated in the iconic “Calder’s Circus”, a group of about 55 mechanical performers – acrobats and animals – created between 1926 and 1931 and put on indefinite loan from the artist to the Whitney in 1970. Over that stretch of 44 years Alexander Calder (with his wife, Louisa, at the Victoria supplying circus music) staged performances for all the crowned heads of the art world, with Mondrian, Miró, Cocteau, Pascin, Léger, Pevsner and Arp among the earliest fans in the bleachers.
The New York Times, 20 April 1972
Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy
Mag. Patricia Pálffy
+43-1-515 60-386
patricia.palffy@dorotheum.at
04.06.2019 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 50,000.- to EUR 80,000.-
Alexander Calder
(Philadelphia 1898–1976 New York)
Circus, 1931, signed and dated Calder 31, gouache and ink
on paper, 49.5 x 64.8 cm, framed
The work is registered in the Calder Foundation with the
no. A08391.
Provenance:
Perls Gallery, New York
through successive cessions to the present owner
Private Collection, Israel
Alexander Calder’s gouache “Circus” presents an intimate view into the artist’s fascination with the circus. This interest culminated in the iconic “Calder’s Circus”, a group of about 55 mechanical performers – acrobats and animals – created between 1926 and 1931 and put on indefinite loan from the artist to the Whitney in 1970. Over that stretch of 44 years Alexander Calder (with his wife, Louisa, at the Victoria supplying circus music) staged performances for all the crowned heads of the art world, with Mondrian, Miró, Cocteau, Pascin, Léger, Pevsner and Arp among the earliest fans in the bleachers.
The New York Times, 20 April 1972
Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy
Mag. Patricia Pálffy
+43-1-515 60-386
patricia.palffy@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Modern Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 04.06.2019 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 25.05. - 04.06.2019 |
