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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Lot 172

ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

L'As de coeur

Closed10 March 2022

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USD 163,800

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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
L'As de coeur
signed and dated 'Calder 1972' (lower right)
gouache and ink on paper
29 1⁄2 x 43 1⁄4 in. (74.9 x 109.9 cm.)
Executed in 1972.

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Howard Russeck Fine Art, Ambler, Pennsylvania, 1977
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993

Specialist note

"I very much like making gouaches. It goes fast and one can surprise oneself."
—Alexander Calder