Lot 107
  • 107

Alexander Calder

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Stripes, Beams
  • signed
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 22 1/2 by 30 1/2 in. 57.2 by 77.4 cm.
  • Executed 1944, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05530.

Provenance

Eva Lee Gallery, Great Neck
Christie's East, New York, November 18, 1988, lot 294
Albemarle Gallery, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

London, Crane Gallery, Calder: Oils, Gouaches, Mobiles and Tapestries, March - May 1992

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled. Upon close inspection, there are scattered pinpoint media accretions and media smudges visible. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte at the top two corners. Framed under Plexiglas.
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