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NICHOLAS GUPPY HAS REMARKED OF CALDER'S GOUACHES: "NOWHERE ELSE CAN ONE FIND COMBINED SUCH SPONTANEITY, SUCH RADIANT COLOUR, SUCH CLARITY, SUCH DARING AND STRENGTH OF DESIGN...NO OTHER ARTIST HAS PRODUCED WORKS SO FULL OF HAPPINESS, SO OPTIMISTIC" (N. GUPPY, CALDER GOUACHES, LONDON 1961).

PETER BELLEW CHOSE THIS WORK TO HANG BEHIND HIS DESK IN HIS UNESCO OFFICE.