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Alexander Calder Sculpture Sparks Bruising Art-World Fight

TUG OF WAR

A dispute over who owns the $8 million mobile is pitting a gallery against an art detective and the granddaughter of a collector.

Emily Shugerman
Emily Shugerman 

Senior Reporter

Illustration of a modified Alexander Calder mobile with robber eye masks and evil mustaches illustrated on top.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Emily Shugerman

Emily Shugerman

Senior Reporter

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