Lot 125
  • 125

ALEXANDER CALDER | Untitled

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed, dated 65 and dedicated aux François
  • gouache on paper
  • 108 x 75 cm ; 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in
  • Executed in 1965.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (gifted by the artist in 1965)
Margaret Farkas Edmunds, Paris (acquired by descent from the above)
Thence acquired by descent in 2011 

Condition

The sheet of paper is wavy. Under close inspection, small traces of media accretion are visible in the lower left corner. Under close inspection, a flattened dog ear is visible in the upper right corner. Further inspection reveals a flattened fold in the lower right corner. Creases along the upper edge are located close to the upper right corner.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A29013.