Jan 12, 2006 - Sale 2063

Sale 2063 - Lot 145

Price Realized: $ 978
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ALEXANDER CALDER
Black Ground with Red and White Shapes.

Etching and aquatint, 2 impressions, 1 before the red inked shape, on BFK Rives. 275x375 mm; 103/4x145/8 inches, full margins. Both proofs, aside from the numbered edition of 90. Both signed in pencil, lower right. Both ex-collection the artist, gift to the current owner, private collection, Florida. Both with marginal handling creases. Spots of soiling, upper left corner of sheet, well outside the image. 11/4-inch edge tear, upper edge of sheet, well outside the image. Both very good impressions of these scarce prints.