Lot 172
  • 172

Alexander Calder

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Untitled
  • silver wire
  • 4 7/8 by 1 3/4 by 7/8 in. 12.4 by 4.4 by 2.2 cm.
  • Executed circa 1944, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A26709.

Provenance

Private Collection (gift of the artist in 1944)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1944)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1970

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light and unobtrusive surface abrasions scattered throughout.
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