Live Auction 10420First Open / LDN
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lot 20

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Népal

Closed26 March 2015

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GBP 86,500

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Népal
signed and dated 'Calder 73' (lower right)
gouache and ink on paper
29 ¼ x 43 1/8in. (74.6 x 109.2cm.)
Executed in 1973

Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1974).
Private Collection, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 27 October 1994, lot 142.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘I like a hard shape, something like a fresh fruit, rather than an old, rotten shape’ (A. Calder, quoted in J. Lipman, Calder's Universe, New York, 1976, p. 265).