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Alexander Calder
(American, 1898-1976)
Ballons sur ciel rouge
1965

29 June 2016, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)

Ballons sur ciel rouge
1965

signed and dated 65
gouache and ink on paper

107.7 by 75 cm.
42 3/8 by 29 1/2 in.

Footnotes

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A11378.

Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Sale: Loudmer S.C.P., Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Importants Tableaux Abstraits et Contemporains, 10 June 1990, Lot 289
Private Collection, France
Sale: S.C.P.F. Courchet, Hôtel des Ventes Giofreddo, Nice, Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins XIXème et Moderne, 13 March 1992, Lot 283
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited
Basel, Galerie d'art moderne Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Mobiles/Stabiles, Bronzes, Gouaches et Lithographies, 1971, no. 6

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