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Alexander Calder

Flying Dragon, 1975
sheet metal, bolts and paint
914.40 x 1706.80 x 655.30 cm.

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  • Flying Dragon
There are two maquettes for Flying Dragon: an intermediate maquette (144x228x132 in.) currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a smaller version (exact dimensions unknown) in...
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There are two maquettes for Flying Dragon: an intermediate maquette (144x228x132 in.) currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a smaller version (exact dimensions unknown) in a private collection.
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Provenance

Estate of the artist

Perls Galleries, New York

Mobil Oil Corporation, Fairfax, VA (acquired from the above, 1977)

ExxonMobil Foundation, The Woodlands, TX

Sotheby’s, Contemporary Art Evening Sale, 10 May 2006 (Lot 15)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Literature

Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Calder's Universe , 1976, p. 327, illustrated in color
Jean Lipman and Margaret Aspinwall, Alexander Calder and His Magical Mobiles, New York, 1981, p.69, illustrated in color
Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Alexander Calder 1898-1976, Cologne, 2002, p.89, illustrated
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