Lot 3410 - A207 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday, 30. November 2023, 02.00 PM
ALEXANDER CALDER
(Lawnton 1898–1976 New York)
Night Sky. 1963.
Gouache and ink on paper.
Monogrammed and dated lower right: CA63.
47.6 × 37.4 cm.
With the oral confirmation of authenticity by the Calder Foundation, 16 October 2023, New York. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York under application number: A11282. We thank the Foundation for their kind assistance.
Provenance:
- Artist's studio.
- Purchased by Nicholas Gupty, London.
- Private collection Colorado.
- Sotheby's New York, Auction 12 February 1991, lot 378.
- Galerie Sander, Darmstadt.
- Formerly collection Ströher, Darmstadt.
- Private collection Switzerland.
"The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densities, colours and volumes, floating in space, traversing clouds, sprays of water, currents of air, viscosities and odours - of the greatest variety and disparity." Alexander Calder
Provenance:
- Artist's studio.
- Purchased by Nicholas Gupty, London.
- Private collection Colorado.
- Sotheby's New York, Auction 12 February 1991, lot 378.
- Galerie Sander, Darmstadt.
- Formerly collection Ströher, Darmstadt.
- Private collection Switzerland.
"The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densities, colours and volumes, floating in space, traversing clouds, sprays of water, currents of air, viscosities and odours - of the greatest variety and disparity." Alexander Calder
CHF 25 000 / 35 000 | (€ 25 770 / 36 080)
Sold for CHF 50 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.