Sale 1432
New York
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11 November 2004
Price realised
USD 62,140
Estimate
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Animalia signed and dated 'calder 62' (lower right) gouache on paper laid down on board sheet: 26 7/8 x 40½ in. (68.3 x 102.9 cm.) support: 28½ x 42 3/8 in. (72.4 x 107.6 cm.) Painted in 1962.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York Mackler Gallery, Philadelphia Acquired from the above by the present owner
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This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A05972.
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