Alexander Calder (1898-1976); Cercle Jaune;

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Cercle Jaune, 1953
Wool pile tapestry, woven signature on the reverse, with label 'Made in France' affixed to the reverse.
58 1/2 x 81 1/2in (148.6 x 207cm)

Footnotes:
Provenance
Lydia Winston Malbin, Birmingham, Michigan

Lydia Winston Malbin (1897-1989) was the daughter of famed Detroit architect Albert Kahn (1869-1942).  A graduate of Vassar College and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Malbin built one of the most renowned collections of European modernism and abstraction in the United States, specializing in Italian Futurism. Works from her collection are in numerous institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art.  In 1984, a Detroit News magazine article dubbed her 'The First Lady of Modernism.'

Alternative title is Mobile (see Mildred Constatine and Professor Irma B. Jaffe, Ph.D., American Tapestries, Charles E. Slatkin, Inc., Galleries, New York, 1968, pg. 11, (illustrated)).
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W
W If the lot is not picked up immediately following the auction it may be removed to an offsite storage location for collection. Please contact the salesroom location for further details including dates of removal and applicable charges.

A few inconspicuous spots of surface soiling and pressure marks; Remains of glue and soiling, attenuated label partially disengaged verso.