Auction sale reference

Four Big Dots

Sold for $8,285,000 at Sotheby's on May 13, 2025.

Lot description

Property from SFMOMA: Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) Four Big Dots signed with the artist's monogram and dated 63 (on highest triangular element) sheet metal, wire and paint 30 by 150 by 32 in. 76.2 by 381 by 81.3 cm. Executed in 1963. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05747.

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