Lot 147
  • 147

Alexander Calder

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Red, Yellow and Maze
  • signed and dated 69
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 43 1/4 in. 74.9 by 109.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1969, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06227.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1969

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. The paper has discolored slightly with age. There is very light evidence of foxing. Under very close inspection there is a small, dark media accretion in the yellow area. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte in two places along the upper edge. Framed under glass.
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