Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976
Serpent Vitrail, c. 1970
Wool Tapestry made for the artist by Pinton Freres, Aubusson
79 x 54 1/2 inches / 200.7 x 138.4 cms
An edition of 6 plus 2 artists proofs
Signed and stamped in the weave ‘Calder’ and initialed Pf with Pinton Freres label in the reverse and signed Sandra Calder Davidson.
Provenance
Pinton Freres, Aubusson, France
Private collection, London
Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Corporate collection, London (purchased from the above in 2012)
Exhibitions
Tapices de Alexander Calder, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, 20 July – 29 August 1982, no. 1, illustrated
Calder (1898-1976) Tapisseries de la Manufacture d’Aubusson, Saint-Pardoux les Cards, Château de Villemonteiz, July-September 1992
Festival des Metiers d’Art, La Tapisseries, Courseulles, 18 July – 23 August 1992
Calder, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 24th May – 30th June 2012