Happy as Larry

1949, commissioned from the artist, Alexander Calder, by Burgess Meredith (New York, NY); ca. 1969, consigned by Burgess Meredith to Stanley Moss (Riverdale, NY); ca. January 1989, sold by Davlyn Gallery (New York, NY) to Burgess Meredith; 11 March 1998, sold from the Estate of Burgess Meredith by Sotheby’s (New York, NY) [sale no. 7100, lot 210] to Terese and Alvin S. Lane (Knoxville, TN); 2007, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Meltzer, Peter D. "Around the Block: Reunited at Last." Art & Auction: Magazine of the International Art Markets. Volume IX. No. 6. (January, 1987): 16, 18. pp. 16, 18
• Calder Foundation. "Calder's Work and Life: Archive." Accessed June 23, 2021. https://calder.org/archive/all/works/.

• Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/19/2008–9/28/2008
• Theatre Collects American Art, The: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 4/10/1961–5/16/1961

• North America
• Paintings
• Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection

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