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The Collection of Agnes Gund: Sold to Benefit the Gund Art Foundation
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
The Eye in the Black
Details
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
The Eye in the Black
incised with the artist’s monogram and date ‘CA 63’ (on the red element)
hanging mobile—sheet metal, wire and paint
60 x 53 x 42 in. (152.4 x 134.6 x 106.7 cm.)
Executed in 1963
The Eye in the Black
incised with the artist’s monogram and date ‘CA 63’ (on the red element)
hanging mobile—sheet metal, wire and paint
60 x 53 x 42 in. (152.4 x 134.6 x 106.7 cm.)
Executed in 1963
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1967.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1967.
Literature
A. Hyuga, “Alexander Calder,” Mizue, no. 724, June 1965, p. 19 (illustrated).
H. H. Arnason and P. E. Guerrero, Calder, New York, 1966, p. 135 (illustrated).
Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1998, p. 291, fig. 56 (illustrated).
Calder: Poetry in Motion, exh. cat., Seoul, Kukje Gallery, 2003, n.p. (illustrated on the inside back cover).
H. H. Arnason and P. E. Guerrero, Calder, New York, 1966, p. 135 (illustrated).
Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1998, p. 291, fig. 56 (illustrated).
Calder: Poetry in Motion, exh. cat., Seoul, Kukje Gallery, 2003, n.p. (illustrated on the inside back cover).
Exhibited
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and St. Louis, Washington University Art Gallery, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1964-March 1965, n.p., no. 168.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Mobiles and Stabiles by Calder, the Man Who Made Sculpture Move, May 1965, p. 11, no. 168.
Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Calder, July-October 1965, p. 44, no. 222.
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Alexander Calder, May-July 1965, p. 41, no. 38.
New York, American Embassy to The United Nations, 1997-1999 (on loan).
Tokyo, American Embassy to Japan, December 2014-February 2017 (on loan).
Art Gallery of Toronto, Mobiles and Stabiles by Calder, the Man Who Made Sculpture Move, May 1965, p. 11, no. 168.
Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Calder, July-October 1965, p. 44, no. 222.
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Alexander Calder, May-July 1965, p. 41, no. 38.
New York, American Embassy to The United Nations, 1997-1999 (on loan).
Tokyo, American Embassy to Japan, December 2014-February 2017 (on loan).
Further Details
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A03757.
Presentado por
Kathryn Widing
Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale