Lot 343
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Alexander Calder
Standing Mobile, Ca. 1950.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and ...
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 92,800 - 139,200
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Standing Mobile. Ca. 1950s.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and metal wire, colored.
Unique work. Ca. 23 x 20 x 9 cm (9 x 7.8 x 3.5 in).
The work was submitted in its original form to the Calder Foundation, New York.
The individual elements have been proven to originate from Alexander Calder and, in their form, movement, and balance, display his characteristic signature.
The way in which the current configuration of the elements came into being can no longer be clearly reconstructed; however, it no longer corresponds to the arrangement originally conceived by the artist. The work therefore
remains without an archive number. In the spirit of Calder’s experimental works of the 1950s, this version also reveals a fascinating interplay of movement and balance. The work was later sold in this condition at Sotheby’s, London, on June 26, 1986.
• At the end of the 1930s, Calder created his first “ Standing Mobiles,” for which he mounted his filigree mobiles on stationary, solid bases.
• The sought-after works of the 1950s testify to the perfection of his highly concentrated formal language and kinetic principles.
• Fascinating dualism: delicate balance and strict geometry, solidity and delicate lightness, rest and movement.
• In 1952, Alexander Calder represented the United States at the XXVI Venice Biennale and won the Grand Prize for Sculpture.
• Comparable Standing Mobiles are part of world-renowned museum collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Part of an acclaind private collection in Berlin for 40 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Sotheby's London).
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art. Including the Property from the Collection of the late Charles de Pauw and other owners, June 26,1986, lot 636 (with illu.).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 18.24 h +/- 20 min.
1898 - 1976
Standing Mobile. Ca. 1950s.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and metal wire, colored.
Unique work. Ca. 23 x 20 x 9 cm (9 x 7.8 x 3.5 in).
The work was submitted in its original form to the Calder Foundation, New York.
The individual elements have been proven to originate from Alexander Calder and, in their form, movement, and balance, display his characteristic signature.
The way in which the current configuration of the elements came into being can no longer be clearly reconstructed; however, it no longer corresponds to the arrangement originally conceived by the artist. The work therefore
remains without an archive number. In the spirit of Calder’s experimental works of the 1950s, this version also reveals a fascinating interplay of movement and balance. The work was later sold in this condition at Sotheby’s, London, on June 26, 1986.
• At the end of the 1930s, Calder created his first “ Standing Mobiles,” for which he mounted his filigree mobiles on stationary, solid bases.
• The sought-after works of the 1950s testify to the perfection of his highly concentrated formal language and kinetic principles.
• Fascinating dualism: delicate balance and strict geometry, solidity and delicate lightness, rest and movement.
• In 1952, Alexander Calder represented the United States at the XXVI Venice Biennale and won the Grand Prize for Sculpture.
• Comparable Standing Mobiles are part of world-renowned museum collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Part of an acclaind private collection in Berlin for 40 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Sotheby's London).
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art. Including the Property from the Collection of the late Charles de Pauw and other owners, June 26,1986, lot 636 (with illu.).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 18.24 h +/- 20 min.
343
Alexander Calder
Standing Mobile, Ca. 1950.
Metal. Standing mobile made of sheet metal and ...
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 92,800 - 139,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Alexander Calder "Standing Mobile"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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