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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 16, 2016 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Sale | 242 | $****** - ****** | Large Black Face with Sun |
Works on Paper
74.6 x 109.2 cm (29.38 x 43 in)
gouache, ink and graphite on paper
signed and dated 'Calder 68' (lower right)
Perls Galleries, New York
Donald Morris Gallery Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1969
Private collection, 1969
Donald Morris Gallery Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1973
Private collection, 1973
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006
Allendale, Michigan, Grand Valley State College, Manitou Gallery, Calder, May-June 1969.
Flint Institute of Arts, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles Gouaches, Drawings from the Michigan Collections, February-March 1983, pp. 30 and 32, no. 47 (illustrated).
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Alexander Calder: Sculpture and Works on Paper, April 2006.
signed and dated 'Calder 68' (lower right)
gouache and ink on paper
29 3/8 x 43 in. (74.6 x 109.2 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
