Lot 146
  • 146

Alexander Calder

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Black Spiral on the Pads
  • signed and dated 67
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 43 in. 74.9 by 109.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1967, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06132.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Rita and Taft Schreiber, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in 1969)
Christie's, New York, May 8, 1990, lot 135
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

Vitoria, Spain, Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa, Works on Paper for a Century, October - November 2002, p. 67, illustrated in color
Valladolid, Spain, Caja Duero, A Century in Drawing, April - May, 2003, p. 50, illustrated in color

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 very slight darkening to the sheet from age and some faint impressions from the hinges along the sides. The sheet is hinged verso to a foam board, intermittently along the edges. Framed under glass. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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