Alexander Calder

Jacques Damase Gallery, Brussels 
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above circa 1974)  
Thence by descent to the present owner

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are bright and fresh. There is a slight undulation to the sheet inherent to the artist’s working method and the bottom of the sheet is curled inwards. There is minor evidence of handling along the edges and discoloration along the extreme edges. The sheet has discolored slightly with age. There are a few minor hairline and unobtrusive surface abrasions scattered throughout with some minor associated losses and some scattered pinpoint brown spot accretions visible throughout. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the edges. Framed under glass.
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This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A28565.