Sale: 612 / Evening Sale, Dec. 04. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000608
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126000608
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Standing Mobile), Ca. 1953.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and ...
Estimate:
€ 150,000 - 250,000
$ 174,000 - 290,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000608
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Standing Mobile), Ca. 1953.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and ...
Estimate:
€ 150,000 - 250,000
$ 174,000 - 290,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Untitled (Standing Mobile). Ca. 1953s.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and metal wire, painted.
Ca. 15.9 x 26 x 5.1 cm (6.2 x 10.2 x 2 in).
The Fondation Louis Vuitton honored Alexander Calder this year with the blockbuster exhibition “Calder. Rêver en équilibre,” featuring nearly 300 of his works. [CH].
• EVOLUTION The first “Standing Mobiles” were created in the late 1930s, in which Calder mounted his delicate mobiles on stationary, solid bases.
• DUALITY Delicate balance and strict geometry, solidity and delicate lightness, stillness and movement.
• The epitome of Calder’s concentrated formal language and kinetic principles.
• PROVENANCE Part of a significant German private collection since its creation
• MUSEUM QUALITY Comparable “Standing Mobiles” are part of renowned museum collections, including the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
• WANTED Works from the 1940s and 1950s are among Calder’s most sought-after pieces on the international auction market.
• BIENNALE In 1952, Alexander Calder represented the United States at the 26th Venice Biennale and won the Grand Prize for Sculpture.
This work is registered in the Archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under the application number "A 31166".
PROVENANCE: Bruno E. Werner Collection (1896-1964), Washington, D.C. / Munich (presumably directly from the artist in the 1950s).
In the family’s possession ever since.
1898 - 1976
Untitled (Standing Mobile). Ca. 1953s.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and metal wire, painted.
Ca. 15.9 x 26 x 5.1 cm (6.2 x 10.2 x 2 in).
The Fondation Louis Vuitton honored Alexander Calder this year with the blockbuster exhibition “Calder. Rêver en équilibre,” featuring nearly 300 of his works. [CH].
• EVOLUTION The first “Standing Mobiles” were created in the late 1930s, in which Calder mounted his delicate mobiles on stationary, solid bases.
• DUALITY Delicate balance and strict geometry, solidity and delicate lightness, stillness and movement.
• The epitome of Calder’s concentrated formal language and kinetic principles.
• PROVENANCE Part of a significant German private collection since its creation
• MUSEUM QUALITY Comparable “Standing Mobiles” are part of renowned museum collections, including the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
• WANTED Works from the 1940s and 1950s are among Calder’s most sought-after pieces on the international auction market.
• BIENNALE In 1952, Alexander Calder represented the United States at the 26th Venice Biennale and won the Grand Prize for Sculpture.
This work is registered in the Archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under the application number "A 31166".
PROVENANCE: Bruno E. Werner Collection (1896-1964), Washington, D.C. / Munich (presumably directly from the artist in the 1950s).
In the family’s possession ever since.
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