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xx Alexandre Calder (1898-1976)
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xx Alexandre Calder (1898-1976)

Untitled, 1953
Gouache and India ink on paper
Signed and dated on the bottom right
70 × 105 cm
Provenance:
- Purchased directly from the artist
- Private collection, Paris
- Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris
- Private collection, Belgium
- Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke-Heist
- Purchased from the latter in 2006
- Private collection, Brussels
- Paris auction, Christie's, 'De Caillebotte à Calder: Itinéraire d'une passion', 30 March 2021, lot 1
- Private collection, France

Estimate
50 000 / 70 000 €
Result (Buyer’s fees and taxes included)
114 320 €
This work is registered in the Calder Foundation Archives, New York, under no. A20577
Dimensions with frame: 124 x 158 cm
Work examined unframed
The work is mounted in several places along the edges on the reverse side to a backing board using small strips of adhesive tape
The paper is slightly oxidised and slightly warped (due to the technique)
The upper edge is slightly irregular (original)
The colours are vivid
A few minor scratches near the lower corners and in the blue area at the bottom right
Some loss of material in the black area in the lower section
No signs of restoration
In our opinion, the work is in good overall condition