Auction 115 Part 3 Day 3
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
Aug 31, 2024
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany
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LOT 3795:

Alexander Calder, "Red, blue and yellow spheres"
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Auction took place on Aug 31, 2024 at Auktionshaus Mehlis
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Alexander Calder, "Red, blue and yellow spheres"
Komposition aus locker angeordneten verschiedenfarbigen Flächen, Farblithographie auf Papier, im Stein ligiertes Monogramm "AC" und datiert "(19)67", links unten in Blei nummeriert "hc XXXVIII", gleichmäßig leicht gebräunt, unter Passepartout und hinter Glas gerahmt, Passepartoutausschnitt ca. 63 x 48,5 cm. Künstlerinfo: US-amerikanischer Bildhauer und Vertreter der kinetischen Kunst (1898 Lawton/Pennsylvania bis 1976 New York), 1915-19 Ingenieurstudium in New Jersey, 1923-26 Studium am Art Students League in New York, ab 1926 Studium an der Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris und hier Bekanntschaft mit Fernand Léger und Piet Mondrian, ab 1931 Mitglied der Künstlergruppe Abstraction-Création, 1933 Übersiedlung nach Roxbury/Connecticut, 1952 erste Einzelausstellung in Deutschland, Teilnahme an den documenten I, II, III, ab 1959 Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciens, Quelle: unter anderem Wikipedia.
Alexander Calder, "Red, blue and yellow spheres"
Composition of loosely arranged different coloured areas, colour lithograph on paper, ligatured monogram "AC" and dated "(19)67" in the stone, numbered "hc XXXVIII" in pencil lower left, evenly slightly browned, matted and framed behind glass, mat opening approx. 63 x 48.5 cm. Artist information: US-American sculptor and representative of kinetic art (1898 Lawton/Pennsylvania to 1976 New York), 1915-19 studied engineering in New Jersey, 1923-26 studied at the Art Students League in New York, from 1926 studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, where he met Fernand Léger and Piet Mondrian, from 1931 member of the artists' group Abstraction-Création, 1933 moved to Roxbury/Connecticut, 1952 first solo exhibition in Germany, participated in documenten I, II, III, from 1959 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciens, source: Wikipedia, among others.