Alexander Calder - A Bestiary

February 28, 2024

Art, Design & Books

Lot 9

Alexander Calder

American (1898-1976)

A Bestiary (1955)

Medium

cloth boards with silver stamped design, with cardboard slip cover

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 3/4 inches

Signature

signed to colophon, numbered 121/750 copies on "Curtis Rag" paper

Estimate: $300 - $500

Price Realized: $576
Includes buyer's premium

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About this Lot

Description

compiled by Richard Wilbur and illustrated by Alexander Calder

printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, New York, from a total edition of 825

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Provenance: Property from the Estate of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Condition: overall good condition with some very gentle wear to volume and some losses to slip cover

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The Estate of Rosa and Aaron Esman

Throughout their seventy-year marriage Rosa and Aaron Esman shared passion for the arts amassed into an exciting collection of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art. Rosa owned several art galleries including Tanglewood Gallery and Rosa Esman Gallery, and was a founding partner of Ubu Gallery. She was a pioneer print publisher of limited edition artworks while at Tanglewood Press, Original Editions, and Abrams Original Editions.

Dr. Aaron Esman was a lover of books, classical and jazz performances, and theater. He was deeply fascinated by the human mind as a psychiatrist and its connections to creativity and often wrote on the subject. Together the Esman’s built a rich collection of art influenced by their shared and individual passions full of Modernism, Dada, Russian Constructivism, and American Pop Art.