Lot 7
  • 7

Alexander Calder

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled (Cufflinks)
  • silver, in 2 parts
  • 1/2 by 1 1/4 by 5/8 in. 1.3 by 3.2 by 1.6 cm.
  • Executed circa 1945, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A09714.

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, Spring Lake, New Jersey (by descent from the above in 1975)
Perls Galleries, New York
Private Collection (acquired in 1997)

Condition

These works are in very good condition overall. There is some light surface soiling. There is evidence of light and scattered surface abrasions, including some small dents, which appear to be the result of the artistic process and are to be expected of a wearable work from this period.
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