- Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Shoe with Split Heel, 1946
Unsigned.
Painted [red, blue, black] sheet metal, 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (11.4 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm).
Condition: Good.
Provenance: Gerald Cramer, Geneva, Switzerland; ...; Obelisk Gallery, Boston; then to a private New
England collection, January 17, 1967.
Literature: Gérald Kramer, Oeuvres Originales de Peintres 1867-1950, Geneva, May 1950, (b/w illus.
within a group, p. 45).
Exhibitions: Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland, Calder, Leger, Bodmer, Leuppi, May 4-26, 1947 (cat. no.
8); Stedelijk Museum, Alexander Calder/ Fernand Leger, July 19, 1947 to August 24, 1947 (cat. no. 8).
N.B. A copy of the Obelisk Gallery sales invoice and an Obelisk Gallery photo-certificate signed on
the reverse by Alexander Calder accompany the lot.
This work is registered with the Calder Foundation, Application No. A18642.
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