Name: ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Brand: Brooch
Price: 50000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Brooch

steel wire
7 ¼ x 3 ½ in x ¼ in. (18.4 x 8.9 x .6 cm.)
Executed circa 1945

Provenance

Curt Valentin, New York.
William Bomar, Fort Worth, circa 1950.
Private Collection, Texas, 1965.
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner, 1993.

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Brooch ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) Estimate: USD 50,000 - 70,000

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The brooch overall is slightly out of plane. There are faint scratches, dents, and spots of discoloration in places, most noticeably to the edges and reverse. There are surface irregularities on the left half of the floral element of the brooch, in keeping with the artist's working method. Faint accretions and associated discoloration are visible where the elements meet on the left end of the brooch. Subject to the foregoing it is our opinion that the work appears to be in generally good condition.

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Brooch ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) Estimate: USD 50,000 - 70,000

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