Lot 123
  • 123

Alexander Calder

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 63
  • ink on paper
  • 74.9 by 104.7cm.; 29 1/2 by 41 1/4 in.
  • .

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
American Friends of Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Acquired directly from the above by the present owners in 2007

Exhibited

New York, PaceWildenstein, Calder Gouaches: 1942-1976, 2006, p. 20, no. 17, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached to the backing board in a few places on the reverse. There is slight discolouration around all four edges of the sheet. There is a tiny crease in the lower left corner tip and a few very faint handling marks to the right of the spiral in the top right hand corner.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A04356