Lot 124
  • 124

Alexander Calder

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 70
  • ink on paper
  • 74.9 by 108cm.; 29 1/2 by 42 1/2 in.

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
American Friends of Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Acquired directly from the above by the present owners in 2007

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, New York, PaceWildenstein, Calder Gouaches: 1942-1976, 2006, p. 43, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached to the backing board in several places on the reverse. There is extremely minor wear to the upper and lower right corners and a very shallow crease to the left of the building.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A04196