Live Auction 2441Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 264

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Red and Blue with Yellow Lips

Closed12 May 2011

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USD 68,500

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Red and Blue with Yellow Lips
signed and dated 'Calder '44' (lower right)
Gouache and ink on paper
31 x 22½ in. (78.7 x 57.1 cm.)
Painted in 1944.

Perls Galleries, New York
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1968
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York 13 November 1986, lot 136
Minotaur Gallery, Las Vegas
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1986

Specialist note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05822.