Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich button next Lot 128

 

128
Alexander Calder
Sweet peas, 1975.
Gouache and India ink
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,200
Sold:
€ 73,660 / $ 83,235

(incl. surcharge)
Sweet peas. 1975.
Gouache and India ink.
Lower right signed and dated. With the inscriptions "Sweet Peas" and "14 6 81" on the reverse. On Canson wove paper (with the blindstamp). 110 x 74.5 cm (43.3 x 29.3 in), size of sheet. [EH].

• Alexander Calder is one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century.
• In the gouache, he transfers the movement in space into line and surface on paper.
• His work is very diverse: in 1975 he also designed the first BMW Art Car.
• Alexander Calder was a participant in documenta 1 in 1955, as well as in the two subsequent documenta exhibitions in 1959 and 1964
.

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed orally by the Calder Foundation, New York. It is recorded in the foundation's archive under the number A 11678.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Maeght, Paris.
George Goodstadt, New York (1975)
Private collection Basel.
Gant-Amt Basel
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above in 1978).




128
Alexander Calder
Sweet peas, 1975.
Gouache and India ink
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,200
Sold:
€ 73,660 / $ 83,235

(incl. surcharge)

 


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