US artist's holiday park sculpture fetches millionsThe black steel 3,5 metre (11 foot) structure was made by Calder in 1963PARIS - A huge sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder sold at auction in Paris on Wednesday for over 4.9 million euros, auctioneers Artcurial said, after nearly six decades on display at a holiday park in southern France. The black steel 3,5 metre (11 foot) structure was made by Calder in 1963. It was installed six years later in front of a holiday park which aims to attract low-income families by maintaining affordable prices. The free-standing stabile was sold by the current owner of the holiday park Belambra Clubs. Trained as an engineer, Calder used a wide variety of media to make more than 22,000 works before he died in 1976.

Source: Bangkok Post July 09, 2020 01:08 UTC