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Alexander Calder

Philadelphia 1898 – 1976 New York

”Le Grand Tremblement”. 1970

Gouache and brush and India ink on paper (watermark: LLF [three blossoms] Made in France). 57,8 × 78,3 cm (22 ¾ × 30 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Alexander Calder. ”Le Grand Tremblement”. 1970.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 58,800

 

- 82,400

Sold for:

77,400 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2026

Modern Art / 19th Century Art, Friday, 05.06.2026

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Gouache and brush and India ink on paper (watermark: LLF [three blossoms] Made in France). 57,8 × 78,3 cm (22 ¾ × 30 ⅞ in.). Signed and dated lower right: Calder 70. The work is registered as number A11052 in the archive of the Calder Foundation, New York.

Galerie Maeght, Paris / Barry Levine, Great Neck (NY), 1974 / Private Collection, USA / Charity auction: Sheltering Arms Children's Service. 3.12.1978, Lambertville, New Jersey, Mann Howard Art Center, no. 201 / Private Collection, USA / Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Palm Beach / Private Collection, Switzerland (since 1994)

Calder. Summer 1970. Dusseldorf, Galerie Vömel, 1970, cat. no. 24 (no ill.)

Auction 1459: Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. New York, Sotheby's, 24.2.1994, cat. no. 386 ill. 

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