ALEXANDER CALDER | The Black Boomerangs

Perls Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1960)
Thence by descent to the present owner in April 2006 

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Collects 20th Century, October - November 1963, cat. no. 54
Colgate University, Poiesis: Festival of the Creative Arts, 1964
Colgate University, Faculty Collects: Selections from Faculty Collections, 1967

"The Philadelphia Collectors Have Their Day at Museum of Arts," The Philadelphia Bulletin, 29 September 1963, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board. There is pale time staining to the sheet. There is a soft undulation to the sheet due to the artist's choice of medium. The stray media to the sheet is due to the artist's working method. There are some scattered, faint signs of handling to the perimeter. Framed under Plexiglas.
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Executed in 1953, is work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05930.