Christie's on Instagram: "Rejecting centuries of sculptural tradition, Alexander Calder forged a new visual language with Painted Wood (1943)—a pivotal work from his groundbreaking Constellation series. Inspired by his time in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s among the artistic avant-garde, Painted Wood elegantly synthesizes Calder's bold sculptural innovations through the use of hand-carved natural and painted wooden forms suspended in space. What results is a delicate balance of color and form—abs