Lot 72
  • 72

Alexander Calder

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 56
  • gouache and ink on board

  • 15 by 22 3/4 in.
  • 38.1 by 57.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1956, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A13228.

Provenance

Nicholas Guppy, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is light surface soiling and staining. There is pale time staining to the work. The colors have faded slightly. There is a brown surface accretion along the right edge 6 1/2 inches from the top. There is light wear to the extreme edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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