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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

 
Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others. Alexander Calder was a key figure in the development of abstract sculpture and is renowned for his groundbreaking work in kinetic art; he is one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. "Prelude to Man-Eater" is a delicately balanced standing sculpture that responds to air currents, creating a constantly changing and dynamic visual experience.<br><br>Calder's Standing Mobiles were a result of his continuous experimentation with materials, form, and balance. This Standing Mobile is a historically significant prelude to a larger work commissioned in 1945 by Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Prelude to Maneater" is designed to be viewed from multiple angles, encouraging viewers to walk around and interact with it.<br><br>The present work is a formal study for Man-Eater With Pennant (1945), part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work is also represented in "Sketches for Mobiles: Prelude to Man-Eater; Starfish; Octopus", which is in the permanent collection of the Harvard Fogg Museum.<br><br>Calder's mobiles and stabiles can be found in esteemed private collections and the collections of major museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London among others.
Preludio a la devoradora de hombres1945149,86 x 106,68 x 45,72 cm(149,86 x 106,68 x 45,72 cm) chapa, alambre, pintura
Procedencia
Propiedad del artista
M. Knoedler & Co., Nueva York
Galerie Internazionale, Milán
Arnold Herstand & Co., Nueva York
Meshulam Riklis, Nueva York
Christies Nueva York, mayo de 1997, lote 127
Colección privada, adquirida en la venta anterior
Christies Nueva York, junio de 2001, lote 1103
Colección privada
Galería Michelle Rosenfeld, Nueva York
Colección Privada
Exposición
Nueva York, Galería Buchholz, Alexander Calder, noviembre-diciembre, 1945
Detroit, Instituto de Bellas Artes de Detroit, Orígenes de la escultura moderna
...Más....Enero - Marzo, 1946
Nueva York, M. Knoedler & Co., Alexander Calder / Fernand Leger, octubre de 1979, p. 9, no. 5 (ilustrado)
Nueva York, M. Knoedler & Co., Alexander Calder Standing Mobiles, diciembre 1980-enero 1981
Barcelona, España, Fundacio Joan Miró, Calder, noviembre de 1997-febrero de 1998, nº 73
Beverly Hills, California, Gagosian Gallery, Alexander Calder, mayo-junio de 2003
Los Ángeles, California, L&M Arts, Alexander Calder, abril - junio, 2012
Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, Nueva York, Exposición colectiva de primavera, marzo - mayo de 2013
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"Cuando todo sale bien, un móvil es una pieza de poesía que baila con la alegría de vivir y la sorpresa". -Alexander Calder

Historia

Alexander Calder fue una figura clave en el desarrollo de la escultura abstracta y es conocido por su trabajo pionero en el arte cinético; es uno de los artistas más influyentes del siglo XX. Prelude to the Man-Eater es una escultura de pie delicadamente equilibrada que responde a las corrientes de aire, creando una experiencia visual dinámica y en constante cambio.

Los móviles de pie de Calder eran el resultado de su continua experimentación con los materiales, la forma y el equilibrio. Alfred Barr, el primer director del Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York, encargó a Calder la creación de un nuevo móvil de pie en 1945. La presente obra es un estudio formal para ese encargo, Man-Eater With Pennant. Prelude to the Man-Eater, al igual que la escultura del MoMA, está diseñada para ser vista desde múltiples ángulos, animando al espectador a caminar alrededor de ella e interactuar con ella. En ambas piezas, los distintos componentes metálicos se mueven alrededor de un poste central. Las maquetas y los estudios desempeñaban un papel vital en la práctica de Calder, ya que le daban la oportunidad de comprender la escala y el equilibrio antes de escalar la pieza. A menudo, estas maquetas existían en su tamaño más pequeño durante décadas antes de ser ampliadas o simplemente existían en su tamaño y nunca se convertían en obras más grandes. En Preludio, podemos ver a Calder pensando más verticalmente en comparación con la pieza final del MoMA.

Prelude to the Man-Eater también está representado en el dibujo preparatorio de Calder, Bocetos para móviles: Preludio del hombre devorador; Estrella de mar; Pulpoque forma parte de la colección permanente del Fogg Museum de Harvard.

  • Calder Roma 1956
    Alexander Calder en la inauguración de una exposición de sus móviles en la Galleria Dell'Obelisco de Roma en 1956 (© Getty)
  • Calder con Root
    Calder with Root (1947) Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, Nueva York, 1947 © 2018 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / DACS London
  • Estudio Calder 1941
    El estudio de Calder en Roxbury, 1941. Herbert Matter © 2018 Fundación Calder, Nueva York / DACS Londres
  • Vista de la instalación: Alexander Calder: "Man-Eater With Pennant", Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York
"Igual que se pueden componer colores o formas, también se pueden componer movimientos". -Alexander Calder

CONOCIMIENTOS DEL MERCADO

  • Alexander Calder destaca por sus móviles y stabiles, que rara vez salen a la venta.
  • El mercado de esculturas de Calder ha experimentado una tasa de crecimiento anual compuesto del 10,3% desde 1976.
  • El interés institucional por la obra de Calder va en aumento, con nuevos museos asiáticos y de Oriente Medio que desean poseer ejemplos de las décadas de 1930 y 1940.

Los mejores resultados de móviles y móviles parados en subasta

"Poisson Volant" (1957), chapa pintada, varilla y alambre, 24 x 89 pulg. Vendido en Christie's Nueva York: 13 de julio de 2014 por 25.925.000 dólares. © 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York.
"Sin título" (1949), chapa pintada y alambre, 128 x 168 pulg. Vendido en Sotheby's Nueva York: 16 de noviembre de 2021 por 19.682.000 dólares. © 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York
"Lirio de la fuerza" (1945), chapa pintada, varilla y alambre, 92 x 81 pulg. Vendido en Christie's Nueva York: 08 de mayo de 2012 por 18.562.500 dólares. 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York

Móviles comparables y móviles de pie vendidos en subasta

"Sin título" (1942), chapa pintada, vidrio, alambre y cuerda, 33 x 23 pulg Vendido en Sotheby's Nueva York: 11 de mayo de 2016 por 8.314.000 dólares. © 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York.
  • Más pequeño que Preludio a la devoradora de hombres
  • Composición y formato estables similares
  • Fecha de ejecución comparable
"Black II" (1949), chapa pintada y alambre, 40 x 33 pulg Vendido en Christie's Nueva York: 12 de noviembre de 2014 por 4.309.000 dólares. 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York.
  • Tamaño comparable a Prelude to the Man-Eater
  • Composición y formato estables similares
  • Fecha de ejecución comparable
"Stabile with Mobile Element" (1940), chapa pintada y cuerda, 24 x 24 pulg Vendido en Christie's Nueva York: 10 de noviembre de 2015 por 4.085.000 dólares. © 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York.
  • Más pequeño que Preludio a la devoradora de hombres
  • Composición y formato estables similares
  • Fecha de ejecución comparable

Móviles y móviles de pie en colecciones de museos

"Man-Eater with Pennants" (1945), varillas de acero pintadas y planchas de hierro, 168 x aprox. 360 pulg. de diámetro, Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York. 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York
"Spider" (1939), chapa de aluminio pintada, varilla de acero y alambre de acero, 80 1/2 x 88 1/2 x 36 1/2 pulg., Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York. 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York
"Sin título" (1937), acero pintado, 89 3/4 x 80 x 102 pulg., The Tate, Londres. 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York.
"Yucca" (1941), chapa pintada y alambre, 73 1/2 x 23 x 20 pulg., The Guggenheim, Nueva York. 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York
"Para la mayoría de la gente que mira un móvil, no es más que una serie de objetos planos que se mueven. Para unos pocos, sin embargo, puede ser poesía". -Alexander Calder

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