Lot 205
  • 205

Alexander Calder

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 73
  • gouache on paper mounted on canvas
  • 22 7/8 by 30 5/8 in.
  • 58.1 by 77.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1973, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A12252.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1974)
Galeria La Salita, Rome
Giovanni Carandente, Rome (acquired from the above in 2002)
By descent to the present owner in 2009

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is mounted to canvas. The edges are reinforced with tape. There is time staining to the sheet. The colors are fresh. There is foxing throughout, particularly along the top edge. Framed under glass.
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