Lot 317
  • 317

Alexander Calder

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Sea Urchins
  • signed and dated 61
  • gouache on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 41 1/2 in. 74.9 by 105.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1961, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A25224.

Provenance

Nicholas Guppy, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above in May 1962

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet which is inherent to the artist's working method. Otherwise, there are no apparent condition problems with this work. Framed under Plexiglas.
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