James Brooks
Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976)
Plankton c.1964
gouache and ink on paper
29 1/2 x 42 3/8 in. (74.9 x 107.6 cm.)
signed and dated “Calder 64” lower right
Executed in 1964, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A14210.
Provenance
Nicholas Guppy, London (acquired directly from the artist circa 1964)
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1977
SOLD
Untitled (Maquette), 1967
Stabile – sheet metal, wire
13.5 x 17 x 18 in (34.2 x 43.1 x 20.3 cm)
Provenance
Ricardo Legorreta Collection, Mexico City (Gift from the artist)
Private Collection, New York
Note
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, NY, under application number 'A02044'. This work was created as a maquette for the monumental sculpture, Untitled, currently at the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City.
Big Red, 1969
Painted sheet metal, wire & rod
36 x112 x 27 inches (91.44 x 284.48 x 68.58 cm)
Provenance
Perls Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Rye, NY
Private Collection, New York
SOLD
Yellow Crinkly, 1963
Standing mobile of steel sheet, steel wire and bolts on metal foot
14.3 inches (36.322 cm)
Monogrammed on metal foot
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Private Collection, North Carolina
Private Collection, Brussels (1989)
Private Collection since 1993-2014, Germany
Note
The work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, NY under application number 'A 05718'.
SOLD
Untitled, c.1963
gouache and ink on paper
26 7/8 x 40 in. (68.3 x 101.6 cm.)
signed and dated “Calder 63” lower right
Executed in 1963, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A13722.
Provenance
Private Collection
Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, May 16, 1980, lot 611
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
SOLD
Dinosaur 1960
Stabile
14 7/8 x 16 3/4 x 14 3/4
Initialed 'CA'
Provenance
Acquired form the artist
Perls Gallery, New York
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
Harold S. Ross, sold June 1990
Private collection, New York
James Goodman Gallery, New York
This work is registered in the archive of the Calder Foundation, New York, No. A08277
SOLD
Broad Spiral, Narrow Spiral, 1969
Gouache on paper
29 ½ x 43 inches (74.93 x 109.22 cm)
Provenance
Perls Gallery, New York
Frith Street, London
Albemarle Gallery, London
Triangles, 1957
Painted Steel
85 x 50 x 90 inches
Signed with initials and dated 57
Provenance
Robert & Elodie Osborn, Connecticut (acquired directly from the artist)
Christie’s, NY, Sale of Contemporary Art, May 3, 1995
Private Collection
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, acquired from the above (2011)
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Exhibited
Rome, Gagosian Gallery, Alexander Calder: Monumental Sculpture, October 29, 2009-January 30, 2010 New York, Gagosian Gallery, Alexander Calder, February 26-April 10, 2010
London, Gagosian Gallery, Alexander Calder, February 8 - March 26, 2011
Paris, Gagosian, Calder, October 19 - December 18, 2021
SOLD
Black Star, 1962
Ink on paper
39 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches (101 x 75 cm)
Signed and dated 'Calder 62' lower right
Provenance
Nicholas Guppy, London, Acquired from the Artist c. 1962 (Inventory #C-90) Brook Street Gallery, London
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Acquired October 1974
Private Collection, Chicago, Acquired 1983 Susanin's, December 5, 2009
Private Collection, New York