Lot 307
  • 307

Alexander Calder

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • The Orator
  • signed and dated 74
  • gouache on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 43 1/4 in. 74.9 by 109.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1974, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06997.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Galerie Modarco, Geneva (acquired from the above in 1974)
Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Perls Galleries, Alexander Calder: Craggs and Critters of 1974, October - November 1974

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is pale time staining to the sheet. The sheet is hinged to the backing board in multiple places. There are four lighter areas on the sheet along the top edge and one at the center left where the work is hinged. The sheet undulates slightly. Framed under glass.
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