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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

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<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div>
<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Alexander Calder’s <em>Tornado in Space</em> (1932) is a rare drawing from the crucial moment when he was redefining his artistic language through abstraction and movement. Authenticated by the Calder Foundation (registration number A08417), the work is composed of bold, spiraling lines that circle and intersect in rhythmic trajectories. These orbit-like forms suggest both natural forces and mechanical precision, capturing the sensation of motion on a flat surface and foreshadowing the spatial dynamics of his earliest mobiles.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The drawing embodies Calder’s fascination with the invisible energies of the universe, transforming paper into a field of movement and space. The economy of line emphasizes gesture and rhythm rather than depiction, distilling his explorations into a graphic composition of striking clarity. This sheet belongs to a key group of works on paper from 1932, including <em>Space Tunnel</em> and <em>Movement in Space</em>, in which Calder experimented with drawing as a means of testing ideas that would later find expression in three-dimensional form.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The provenance further strengthens the importance of this work. <em>Tornado in Space </em>was acquired through Calder’s longtime New York dealer, Klaus Perl's of Perls Gallery, and has remained in the same private collection for over fifty years. Closely related works from this period are now housed in the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, underscoring the rarity and art-historical resonance of this drawing.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div>
Tornado en el espacio193230 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.(77,47 x 57,15 cm) tinta sobre papel
Procedencia
Galerías Perls, Nueva York
Colección privada, Florida, 1974
Tornado en el espacio (1932) de Alexander Calder es un raro dibujo del momento crucial en que redefinía su lenguaje artístico a través de la abstracción y el movimiento. Autentificada por la Calder Foundation (número de registro A08417), la obra se compone de audaces líneas en espiral que giran y se entrecruzan en rítmicas trayectorias. Estas formas orbitales sugieren tanto fuerzas naturales como precisión mecánica, capturando la sensación de movimiento sobre una superficie plana y presagiando la dinámica espacial de sus primeros móviles.





El dibujo encarna la fascinación de Calder por las energías invisibles del universo, transformando el papel en un campo de movimiento y espacio. La economía de la línea hace hincapié en el gesto y el ritmo más que en la representación, destilando sus exploraciones en una composición gráfica de sorprendente claridad. Esta hoja pertenece a un grupo clave de obras sobre papel de 1932, entre las que se incluyen Túnel espacial y Movimiento en el espacio, en las que Calder experimentó con el dibujo como medio para poner a prueba ideas que más tarde encontrarían expresión en forma tridimensional.





La procedencia refuerza aún más la importancia de esta obra. Tornado in Space fue adquirida a través del marchante neoyorquino de Calder, Klaus Perl's, de la Galería Perls, y ha permanecido en la misma colección privada durante más de cincuenta años. Obras estrechamente relacionadas de este periodo se encuentran actualmente en el Centro Pompidou, la Galería Nacional de Arte y el Museo de Arte Moderno, lo que subraya la rareza y la resonancia histórico-artística de este dibujo.





© 2023 Calder Foundation, Nueva York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Nueva York
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