Lot 148
  • 148

Alexander Calder

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Elements in Orbit
  • signed and dated 56
  • gouache on paper
  • 22 by 28 1/2 in. 55.9 by 72.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1956, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06775.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Park West Gallery, Southfield (acquired from the above in 1973)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1974

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method. There is a minor ΒΌ inch tear at the left edge, two inches from the bottom. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte at the top two corners. Framed under Plexiglas.
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