PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Black Letter a

Price realised USD 68,750
Estimate
USD 20,000 – USD 30,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Black Letter a

Price realised USD 68,750
Closed: 22 Jul 2015
Price realised USD 68,750
Closed: 22 Jul 2015
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Black Letter a
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'CA 61' (lower right)
gouache on paper
15 x 22 1/2 in. (38.1 x 57.1 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Provenance
Brookstreet gallery, London
Mr. and Mrs. A Stern, London
Sotheby’s, New York, 19 February 1988, lot 50
Private collection, NY, 1988
Private collection, Paris, 1989
Their sale; Christie's, South Kensington, December 1998, lot 155
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
London, Brookstreet Gallery, Alexander Calder: Gouaches 1948-1962, July 1962, no. 22 (illustrated).

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