2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1)
Sat, Jul 6, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Lot 363
Alexander Calder Ink Painting, Landscape w/ Pyramids & Moon, 1953
Estimate: $22,000 - $26,000
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| $500 | $50 |
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Alexander Calder (French/American, 1898-1976) black ink on Johannot wove paper, Surrealist landscape painting depicting pyramids and circles illuminated by a crescent moon. Signed "Calder" and dated "53" lower right. With Johannot et Cie Annonay watermark along left and right edges. Housed under glass in a distressed ebonized and gilt wood frame with cream fabric fillet. Sheet: 29 1/4" H x 42 3/4" W. Frame: 33" H x 46" W. Note: This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A13222. A file of the late owner's documentation regarding the painting is available to the winning bidder.
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PROVENANCE: The Estate of Sarah Gaunt (former studio assistant to Willem de Kooning); Sovereign American Arts Corporation, New York; Collection of Stuart C. Davidson, Washington D.C.; Collection of George Weisz, London; Sotheby & Co., London, Impressionist & Modern Paintings, Drawings Sale, Lot 125, April 6, 1966; Collection of Nicholas Guppy, London (acquired directly from the artist).
Condition
Sheet has been laid to Masonite board. A tear to the bottom right corner, in signature, has been repaired and "R" has been partially repainted. Three repaired tears to lower center of sheet, largest 5/8" L. Very faint 5" L and 3" L accretions to center left, between edge of sheet and pyramids. Two pinpoint indentations directly below moon. Note: A copy of a 1992 conservator's condition report/treatment proposal from Christine Smith, Conservation of Art on Paper, Alexandria VA, is available on request.
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The Estate of Sarah Gaunt (former studio assistant to Willem de Kooning); Sovereign American Arts Corporation, New York; Collection of Stuart C. Davidson, Washington D.C.; Collection of George Weisz, London; Sotheby & Co., London, Impressionist & Modern Paintings, Drawings Sale, Lot 125, April 6, 1966; Collection of Nicholas Guppy, London (acquired directly from the artist).
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