ID 908100
Lot 352 | ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Spiral Galaxies
signed and dated ‘Calder 63’ (lower right)
ink and gouache on paper
29 1/2 x 42 3/8in. (75 x 107.5cm.)
Executed in 1963
Provenance
Private Collection, London (acquired directly from the artist).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982.
Exhibited
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Calder – The Painter, 1966, p. 18.
Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Calder, 1980, p. 11, no. 21 (illustrated, p. 9).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post lot text
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A14144.
| Artist: | Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Artist: | Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Address of auction |
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