In this study created for a commission in Orléans, France, two white houses are flipped on an angle and joined in a seemingly precarious balance, as if in permanent fall. The corner of the lower house is intersected by the base of the sculpture, its center of gravity hovering over the point of impact. Joel Shapiro, who has known the Vogels since the early 1970s, said the collectors “were early and serious enthusiasts of the work of my generation. . . . When they acquired works, it wasn’t about money. They were deeply intelligent and had a strong point of view.”