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Lot 301
  • 301

Alexander Calder

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Les Racines Racistes
  • signed and dated 64
  • gouache on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 42 3/8 in. 75 by 107.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1964, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A11289.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva (acquired from the above in 1966)
Estate of Mr and Mrs William Gillen, Las Vegas (acquired circa 1970)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2009

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Alexander Calder, June - July 1966, cat. no. 19, p. 24, illustrated

Literature

Paul Waldo Schwartz, "Calder Displays his Skills," New York Times, International Edition, February 22, 1966, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light darkening and wear around the edges.Hinged verso to the matte intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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