Sale 20PT02 | Lot 201

Alexander Calder

Catalogue: Important Paintings
Alexander Calder

Lot Details

Lot 201
Alexander Calder
American, 1898-1976
Untitled, circa 1946
Oil on canvas mounted to board
5 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches (14.6 x 39.05 cm)

Provenance:
Gift from the artist to Benjamin Baldwin, circa 1946
Private collection, Montgomery AL, 1993
Sale, Christie's, New York, Contemporary Art, Feb. 23, 1994, lot 4
Purchased from the above by the current owner

Literature:
Benjamin Baldwin: An Autobiography in Design, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1995, illus. p. 29

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A11199.


C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000
Sold for $137,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Wear along the edges with associated losses exposing canvas weave due to frame rub. Scattered small losses in a few areas throughout, including a few near the horizontal black form and clusters of tiny losses in the wheel and the eye. No signs of restoration under UV inspection.


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Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000
Sold for $137,500 (includes buyer's premium)

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