The Forgotten Journey of Alexander Calder has its genesis in an innocuous invite to Alexander Calder from Gira Sarabhai, of the illustrious Ahmedabad-based Sarabhai family, back in 1954. A newly independent India was in the throes of creating its identity, and the Sarabhai family—the founders of the Calico Textile Museum and the setting up of the National Institute of Design—had contributed in laying the foundation for a thriving creative scene in the 1950s. Calder joined the ranks of Isamu Noguchi, Le Corbusier, John Cage, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Neutra, and Charles and Ray Eames who were hosted by art-patron siblings, Gira and Gautam Sarabhai.
This collection will be on sale as part of Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale on 10 May, 2016, and will include some of the work that the renowned American sculptor created over the three weeks he spent at the Sarabhais' Ahmedabad home, in early 1955—scultures that have now come to be acknowledged as some of his finest works. The collection bears testimony to Calder's recognition as his generation's foremost practitioner of mobile sculptures (moving sculptures that mould materials into delicate shapes which are then suspended or balanced from rods).
Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale on 10 May at Christie's New York
