Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Untitled Signed and dated "Calder 66" l.r. Gouache and ink on paper, 30 3/8 x 22 3/4 in. (77.2 x 57.8 cm), framed. Condition: Toning, handling creases, incomplete pigment coverage which is presumed to be original to the work. Provenance: Purchased from the artist in 1966 by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (American, 1899-1981), financier, philanthropist, and benefactor of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; then by descent in the Hirshhorn family. N.B. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A28837. The lot is accompanied by a photocopy of a 1978 typed letter from Joseph H. Hirshhorn on his 820 Park Avenue, New York, letterhead, confirming his purchase of this gouache from Alexander Calder in 1966, when Hirshhorn visited the artist in Saché, France. Documentation presented by family descendants describes the work as View from Satellite , the title believed to have been provided by Alexander Calder to Joseph H. Hirshhorn at the time of purchase, but which is not documented elsewhere.
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Untitled Signed and dated "Calder 66" l.r. Gouache and ink on paper, 30 3/8 x 22 3/4 in. (77.2 x 57.8 cm), framed. Condition: Toning, handling creases, incomplete pigment coverage which is presumed to be original to the work. Provenance: Purchased from the artist in 1966 by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (American, 1899-1981), financier, philanthropist, and benefactor of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; then by descent in the Hirshhorn family. N.B. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A28837. The lot is accompanied by a photocopy of a 1978 typed letter from Joseph H. Hirshhorn on his 820 Park Avenue, New York, letterhead, confirming his purchase of this gouache from Alexander Calder in 1966, when Hirshhorn visited the artist in Saché, France. Documentation presented by family descendants describes the work as View from Satellite , the title believed to have been provided by Alexander Calder to Joseph H. Hirshhorn at the time of purchase, but which is not documented elsewhere.
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