Auction sale reference

Paulette

Sold for $5,662,000 at Sotheby's on May 13, 2025.

Lot description

A Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) Paulette incised Calder, titled and dated 22 May 1948 (on largest black element) sheet metal, string, wire and paint 46 ¾ by 56 ¼ by 20 in. 118.7 by 142.9 by 50.8 cm. Executed on 22 May 1948. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A10333.

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