Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Window Box 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (108.0 x 74.5 cm) (framed 48 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.) image 1

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Window Box 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (108.0 x 74.5 cm) (framed 48 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.) image 2

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Window Box 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (108.0 x 74.5 cm) (framed 48 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.) image 3

Lot 75

Alexander Calder
(American, 1898-1976)
Window Box 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (108.0 x 74.5 cm)

Modern & Contemporary Art Bonhams Skinner

15 March 2023, 12:00 EDT

Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$63,375 inc. premium

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Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)

Window Box
signed and dated 'Calder 65' (lower right), numbered and titled '447/Window-box' in pencil (upper left corner of the reverse), identified on a label from Obelisk Gallery, Boston, affixed to the frame backing cardboard
gouache and ink on paper
42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (108.0 x 74.5 cm)
framed 48 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Footnotes

Provenance
Acquired from the artist
Nicholas Guppy, London
Acquired by Obelisk Gallery, Boston
Through to the current private collection, Boston

N.B.
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A14321.

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Alexander Calder(American, 1898-1976)Window Box 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (108.0 x 74.5 cm)