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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 14, 2023 | Phillips | New York | Living the Avant-Garde: The Triton Collection Foundation, Evening Sale Part I | 7 | $****** - ****** | New Blériot |
sculpture
118.1 x 127 x 27.9 cm (46.5 x 50 x 11 in)
sheet metal, wire, rod and paint
Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas (acquired directly from the artist in 1955)
Margot Villanueva, Caracas (by descent from the above)
Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
Cambridge, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Calder , December 5, 1950-January 14, 1951
Houston, Contemporary Art Museum, Calder-Miró , October 14-November 4, 1951, no. 20, p. 17
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers , January 15-February 10, 1952, no. 5, n.p.
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Calder, September 11-25, 1955, no. 30
Caracas, Sala de Exposiciones Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, Calder en Venezuela , July 8-August 3, 1969, no. 19, p. 41 (illustrated)
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Las Colecciones Privadas en Venezuela 7: 57 obras de la colección Carlos Raúl Villanueva , 1972, no. 13, n.p. (dated 1949)
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Villanueva El Arquitecto , 1988-1989
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum (on long term loan, 2012-2014)
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Alexander Calder: De grote ontdekking , February 11-May 28, 2012, pp. 210-211, 252 (illustrated, p. 211)
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Alexander Calder- Avant-Garde in Motion , September 7, 2013-January 12, 2014, no. 62, p. 74 (illustrated)
Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Alexander Calder & Fischli/ Weiss , May 29-September 4, 2016, no. 74, pp. 194, 266 (illustrated, p. 194)
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, From Rodin to Bourgeois: Sculpture in the 20th Century , October 15, 2016-January 22, 2017, pp. 129, 265 (illustrated)
Rotterdam, Kunsthal, Avant-Gardes 1870 to the Present: The Collection of the Triton Foundation , October 7, 2012-January 20, 2013, pp. 522, 523, 541 (illustrated, p. 523)
Virginia Evans, “Calder,” America Illustrated , vol. I, 1957, pp. 20-23 (illustrated, p. 22)
Paulina Villanueva and Paolo Gasparini, Villanueva en tres casas , Caracas, 2000, n.p. (illustrated)
A Modern Definition of Space: Calder Sculpture , exh. cat., Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, 2003, p. 83 (New Gallery, Cambridge, 1950, installation view partially illustrated)
Calder: The Forties , exh. cat., Thomas Dane Gallery, London, 2005, p. 36 (New Gallery, Cambridge, 1950, installation view illustrated)
Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture , exh. cat., Tate Modern, London, 2015, p. 23 (New Gallery, Cambridge, 1950, installation view partially illustrated)
Alexander Calder
New Blériot
sheet metal, wire, rod and paint
46 1/2 x 50 x 11 in. (118.1 x 127 x 27.9 cm)
Executed circa 1950, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A09320.
