Lot 604 · Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale
Two Legs and a Belly
Alexander Calder · standing mobile: painted sheet metal, brass and wire
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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $317,648–$476,472
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale, London · 9 February 2012
- Dimensions
- 16 x 17 x 6 in. (40.6 x 40.8 x 14.4 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4618293
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alexander Calder, Two Legs and a Belly. Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 604. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618293.
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Alexander Calder, Two Legs and a Belly. Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 604. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618293.
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From the same sale Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale · Feb 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | BAMANA FIGURE, JONYELENI | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Book of Hours, in Latin with Some Rubrics in French, Use of Troyes, I… | BOOK OF HOURS, IN LATIN WITH SOME RUBRICS IN FRENCH, USE OF TROYES, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Shéhérazade | René Magritte | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Sans titre | Yves Tanguy | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Personnages et oiseaux devant le soleil | Joan Miró | £4,000,000–£7,000,000 | |
| Peinture | Joan Miró | £350,000–£500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Calder | Exit | $990,000 | Christie's, May 2021 | |
| Alexander Calder | Untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Cow | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Mushroom Has Red Face | Christie's, May 2022 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Cantilever | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | ||
| Alexander Calder | The Needle | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Red Pennant | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Lund (Maquette) | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.