Lot 302
  • 302

Alexander Calder

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated 71
  • gouache on paper
  • 43 by 29 3/8 in. 109.2 by 74.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1971, this work is registered with the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A03958.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
The Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1991)
Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1998

Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Alexander Calder: Small Scale Works and Gouaches, May - June 1982, cat. no. 44

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged to the backing board in multiple places. There is pale time staining to the sheet. The sheet undulates slightly. The colors are fresh. Framed under Plexiglas.
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