Source : Alexander Calder’s Abstract Sculptures in India
The forgotten journey of Alexander Calder
The largely unseen masterworks of Alexander Calder created during his 1955 voyage to India — offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 10 May at Christie’s New York
In 1954, Alexander Calder received a letter from Gira Sarabhai, beginning an extraordinary journey and a lifelong friendship. Her letter offered the artist an opportunity to become part of the thriving creative hub that, thanks to the patronage and vision of the Sarabhai family, was changing the cultural landscape of Ahmedabad, in western India, during the 1950s. [Read more…]