Live Auction 2582First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 43

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Sun on a Black Net

Closed19 September 2012

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USD 27,500

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Sun on a Black Net
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'CA 61' (lower right)
ink on paper
15 x 21¾ in. (38.1 x 55.2 cm.)
Painted in 1961.

Nicholas Guppy, London, acquired from the artist
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1975, lot 309
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2010, lot 177
Private collection, New York

Specialist note

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A14054.