Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976)

Beaucoup de taches noires

1962

Gouache/Papier, B: 73.5 x H: 105,5 cm, Sign.u.r.u.datiert: Calder 62

Provenienz:
Erworben direkt beim Künstler von Nichoas Guppy, London
Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles
Galerie Quintessens, Utrecht
Nestle Nederland BV Art Collection, Amsterdam
Privatsammlung, Niederlande
Privatsammlung Schweiz.

Die Arbeit ist in der "The Calder Foundation" registriert.

After a visit to Piet Mondrian’s studio in October 1930, which Alexander Calder described as a 'shock', he created his first fully abstract compositions and the kinetic sculptures that became known as mobiles. By the early 1960s, when the tempera painting Beaucoup de taches noires (Lots of black spots) was created, the artist was internationally recognised and devoted himself mainly to the realisation of large sculptures, often commissioned for public spaces. At the same time, Calder was producing tempera paintings in which some of the characteristic elements of his sculptural work can be found: his preference for the primary colours black and white and the imaginative compositions that evoke astral landscapes populated by planets and stars. The harmonious interweaving of forms and forces in Beaucoup de taches noires is also an excellent example of Calder's preoccupation with movement and spatial exploration.