ALEXANDER CALDER | Flower on a Yellow Ground

Perls Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Georgia (acquired from the above circa 1971)
Thence by descent to the present owner 

New York, Perls Galleries, Alexander Calder: Animobiles - Recent Goauches, October - November 1971

This work is in good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s working method, with very minor fraying of the top right corner. The sheet has discolored slightly with age and there is a light surface soiling visible throughout, with some larger pinpoint faint spot accretions visible. Under very close inspection, 2 pinpoint losses are visible approximately 2-inches above the lower right black element, and 2 light and unobtrusive surface abrasions are visible to the right and left of the red plant, second from the left. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
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This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06428.