Lot 119
  • 119

ALEXANDER CALDER | A Touch of Blue

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • A Touch of Blue
  • signed and dated 73
  • gouache and ink on paper laid on canvas
  • 31 by 22 3/4 in. 78.7 by 57.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1973, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A09408.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection, Brussels (acquired from the above in 1974)
Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Versailles, 15 December 1991, Lot 33
Private Collection, Belgium
Enchères Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Versailles, 13 December 2009, Lot 128
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is laid on canvas. The edges of the sheet are deckled and there is evidence of pale time staining throughout. There is evidence of scattered pinpoints of foxing particularly along the perimeter and a few, scattered pinpoint surface accretions. Framed under glass.
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