Lot Essay
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A01648.
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CALDER GOUACHES (LOTS 36-41)
Calder began painting in oil in the 1920s and actively making gouaches in the mid-1940s. Marked by bright colors and bold black outlines, these works were originally related to his biomorphic sculpture (see lot 42), but eventually became an independent body of work with their own whimsical style and subject matter. The artist preferred gouache to oil--"With oils you have to wait too long for the stuff to dry...I very much like making gouaches. It goes fast and one can surprise oneself" (J. Lipman, Calder's Universe, New York, 1976, p. 119).
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
La diva
Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
La diva
signed and dated 'Calder 73' (lower right)
gouache on paper
29¼ x 43 in. (74.3 x 109.2 cm.)
Painted in 1973
La diva
signed and dated 'Calder 73' (lower right)
gouache on paper
29¼ x 43 in. (74.3 x 109.2 cm.)
Painted in 1973
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Joel Bogart Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1978.
Joel Bogart Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1978.