Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Moon tapestry, 1975
Other · Paper
Wright · Aug 13, 2026$33,280 ≈ £24,666 ≈ €28,854Sign up free to see priceAfter the artist
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Janey Waney (intermediate maquette)
Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) · 1969
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $2,000,000 – $3,000,000 (≈ £1,266,464 – £1,899,696) (≈ €1,751,467 – €2,627,200)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Other · Works on paper all other results →As published: “painted sheet metal, steel, rod”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Initialed · Alexander Calder signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 54 1/2 x 55 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (138.4 x 141 x 54.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010315)
- Date
- May 14, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 31
- Estimate
- $2,000,000 – $3,000,000 (≈ £1,266,464 – £1,899,696) (≈ €1,751,467 – €2,627,200)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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