Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06027.
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The Collection of Paul and Elizabeth Wilson
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Large Black Face with Sun
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Large Black Face with Sun
signed and dated 'Calder 68' (lower right)
gouache and ink on paper
29 3/8 x 43 in. (74.6 x 109.2 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Large Black Face with Sun
signed and dated 'Calder 68' (lower right)
gouache and ink on paper
29 3/8 x 43 in. (74.6 x 109.2 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Donald Morris Gallery Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1969
Private collection, 1969
Donald Morris Gallery Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1973
Private collection, 1973
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006
Donald Morris Gallery Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1969
Private collection, 1969
Donald Morris Gallery Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1973
Private collection, 1973
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006
Exhibited
Allendale, Michigan, Grand Valley State College, Manitou Gallery, Calder, May-June 1969.
Flint Institute of Arts, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles Gouaches, Drawings from the Michigan Collections, February-March 1983, pp. 30 and 32, no. 47 (illustrated).
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Alexander Calder: Sculpture and Works on Paper, April 2006.
Flint Institute of Arts, Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles Gouaches, Drawings from the Michigan Collections, February-March 1983, pp. 30 and 32, no. 47 (illustrated).
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Alexander Calder: Sculpture and Works on Paper, April 2006.