Alexander Calder
Untitled , 1946 (Executed)
Lot #201 |
2020-09-17 |
Doyle, New York
Important Paintings
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 70,000 - 90,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Doyle
Auction number: 8075
Auction name: Important Paintings
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2020-09-17
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches (14.6 x 39.05 cm)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
14.6
Width In Centimeters:
39.05
Height In Inches:
5.75
Width In Inches:
15.375
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Year notes: Executed circa 1946.
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
Condition
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.
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.