Les Vagues (The Waves, from The Bicentennial Tapestries) 1975

ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976, American)

Les Vagues (The Waves, from The Bicentennial Tapestries) 1975

wool tapestry
103.0 x 147.0 cm
signed lower right: Calder
signed with artists monogram on label attached verso: CA
numbered verso: 25

woven by the Pinton Tapisserie dAubusson, France (monogram lower right, label attached verso)
one of a series of six tapestries created to mark the bicentenary of the American Revolution

edition: 25/200

Provenance:
Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, 1980s
Private collection, Sydney
Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Reference:
This work has been catalogued by the Calder Foundation, New York (cat.A10076.025)

Related Works:
Another example of this work is held in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Estimate: $8000 - 12000

Result Hammer: $48000

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