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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2016 | Embracing Arms (Upraised Arms), 1944-1969 | 3 | Bonhams | New York | |||
sculpture
46.4 x 24.1 x 22.2 cm (18.27 x 9.49 x 8.74 in)
bronze
incised 'A. Calder 3/6' (on one side)
Perls Galleries, New York.,
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1969).,
By descent from the above to the present owner in 2011
New York, Buchholz Gallery, Recent Work by Alexander Calder, 28 November-23 December 1944, no. 24 (original cast ).,Washington, D.C., Institute of Contemporary Arts, Sculptures by Alexander Calder, 17 April-2 June 1951 (original cast ).,New York, Perls Galleries, Alexander Calder: Bronze Sculptures of 1944, 7 October-8 November 1969, no. 17 (illustrated, p. 19).Literature,Calder, The Complete Bronzes, exh. cat., New York, L&M Arts, 25 October 2012-9 February 2013, no. 17 (another from the edition ; illustrated in color, pp. 51, 110-111).In total, Calder created twenty-five individual and unique bronzes in 1944, many at Buchholz Gallery. Of those, it seems eighteen did not sell and Calder hid those away in basement of his mother's Roxbury, Connecticut home, forgetting about their very existence until October of 1968. At the time of their inception and initial casting, Calder found the whole process to be somewhat intrusive and overly complicated in comparison to his already well-developed ritual of working by himself with sheet metal and wire. He stated, "It was also disagreeable to have to check the manipulations of some other person working on the objects at the foundry."<sup>2</sup> What changed between 1944 and 1968 is unclear, however, Calder was certainly pleased to have rediscovered the bronzes at this moment in his career. Aptly realizing that the bronzes would be received much more positively and magnanimously by his audience this time around, he had the 18 remaining bronzes recast in limited numbered editions of six by Roman Bronze Works Inc., of Corona, New York under the guidance and assistance of himself and Sculpture Services, New York
Calder, The Complete Bronzes, exh. cat., New York, L&M Arts, 25 October 2012-9 February 2013, no. 17 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in color, pp. 51, 110-111)
