Lot 115
  • 115

ALEXANDER CALDER | Sun Shine

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Sun Shine
  • signed and dated 76
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 43 1/4 in. 74.9 by 109.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1976, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A28862.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Joel Bogart Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board. There is a soft undulation to the sheet due to the artist's chosen medium. There is pale time staining to the sheet. There are scattered soft creases to the sheet, an area of drip accretions to the center of the composition and some very minor scattered pigment losses to the sheet. Framed under Plexiglas.
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