Lot 152. Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Necklace, brass and nickel silver wire, 10 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (26.7 x 27.3 cm.) Executed circa 1930. Estimate USD 250,000 - USD 350,000. Price realised USD 275,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.

Provenance: Private collection, gift of the artist, circa 1930
Gallery Fifty/50, New York
Private collection, New York
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014.

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A12571.

Lot 153. Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Necklace, silver wire, 9 ¾ x 9 ½ in. (24.8 x 24.1 cm.) Executed in 1947. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 325,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.

Provenance: Edward Larrabee Barnes, Mount Kisco, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1947
Mary Barnes, New York, by descent from the above, 2008
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015.

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A27086.

Lot 154. Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Crown, brass wire, 1 ½ x 8 x 8 ½ in. (3.8 x 20.3 x 21.6 cm.) Executed circa 1930. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.

Provenance: Jane Davenport de Tomasi, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, gift of the artist
Private collection, Massachusetts
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 7 November 1997, lot 391
Private collection, Germany
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 2000, lot 370
Private collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited: New York, James Goodman Gallery, Calder Space in Play, October-December 2014.

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A17073.

 Lot 155. Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Bracelet, signed with the artist’s initials 'CS' (on the reverse top cuff), brass wire, 5 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. (12.7 x 7.6 x 5.3 cm.) Executed circa 1940. Estimate USD 70,000 - USD 90,000. Price realised USD 250,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.

Provenance: Perls Galleries, New York
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, 1972
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 6 March 2015, lot 7
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature: D. Bourdon, Calder: Mobilist/Ring Master/Innovator, New York, 1980, p. 81 (illustrated).
S. Thierry, ed., The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, exh. cat., Paris, Musée des Art Décoratif, 1989, p. 268 (illustrated).
A. Rower, et. al., eds., Calder Jewelry, New York, 2007, pp. 181 and 250, fig. 19 (illustrated).

Exhibited: New York, Willard Gallery, Calder Jewelry, December 1940.
Berlin, Akademie der Kunst, Alexander Calder, May-July 1967, pp. 97 and 99, no. 198 (illustrated).

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A16835.

Lot 156. Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Ring, brass wire, 1 5/8 x 1 ¾ x 1 in. (4.1 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm.) Executed circa 1940. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 56,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.

Provenance: Perls Galleries, New York
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, 1972
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 6 March 2015, lot 6
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature: A. Rower, et. al., eds., Calder Jewelry, New York, 2007, p. 251 (illustrated).

Exhibited: New York, Willard Gallery, Calder Jewelry, December 1940.
Paris, Musée des Art Décoratif, The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, February-May 1989, p. 296 (illustrated).

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A16549.