"Calder created this five-and-a-half inch tall metallic mobile just two years before his death in 1976-and 43 years after making his first mechanized mobile."
"As such, Stabile-mobile both stands and hangs. Any pressure applied to the horizontal arm perched atop the work's red-lacquered sheet metal base causes the whole thing to spin."
"For the past 50 years, this little relic has lived with the family of an anonymous art aficionado that Oger - Blanchet refers to as 'Mrs. H.'"
American sculptor Alexander Calder's Stabile-mobile, created in 1974, will be auctioned at Oger - Blanchet for €80,000 to €120,000. This piece combines Calder's stationary stabiles and kinetic mobiles, allowing movement through viewer interaction. The mobile has been with an anonymous family for 50 years, originally gifted by Calder to an archivist at the French National Museum of Modern Art. The work exemplifies Calder's innovative approach to art, merging form and motion in a unique way.
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