Lot 5
  • 5

Alexander Calder

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Soleil rouge et figure noire
  • signed and dated 63
  • gouache on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 41 1/4 in.
  • 75 by 104.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1963, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A11303.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1967
Acquired by the previous owner from the above, circa 1967
By descent to the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are artist's tack holes in all four corners. The sheet is discolored along the extreme edges. There are soft handling creases throughout. There are creases and wear at the bottom left corner. Framed under Plexiglas.
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