ALEXANDER CALDER | Untitled

Collection of John and Léunie White, Roxbury (gift of the artist in 1957)
Private Collection, New Hampshire
Skinner Auctions, Boston, 20 May 2005, Lot 461
Private Collection, Paris
Artcurial, Paris, 26 April 2006, Lot 450
Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 2007)
Thence by descent to the present owner

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of handling and wear to the edges. There is dark discoloration along the extreme edges. There are very minor and scattered paper losses along the bottom edge. There are two minor partial tears along the upper edge, 1 1/2 in. and 3 1/4 in. from the left edge, respectively and a minor crease above the left-most tear. There is a loss 1/4 in. in diameter in the middle of the red section. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A21850.