Alexander Calder

(American, 1898–1976)

Forms in Motion

lithograph

initialed and numbered 30/30 in pencil

10 1/2 x 8 inches.

Property from the Estate of John J. Reiss, sold to benefit the Lois Ehlert and John Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Condition:
Unframed. Sheet is unevenly toned; two micro-tears along upper edge; handling creases throughout; abrasions to black and red ink fields, visible mostly in raking light; thin black abrasions in upper center and in lower left corner of sheet; small water stain in upper center; three areas of skinning to the sheet on verso from previous framing materials; scattered foxing on verso. Please request additional images.

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Ms. Brown rejoined the firm in 2019 as a senior specialist in the Fine Art department, where she has been the resident expert and Head of Sale for Prints and Multiples. She has over 17 years of art-market experience, most recently as founder of Monica Brown Fine Art. In addition to working for renowned auction houses, she has extensive knowledge in over five centuries of works on paper from her tenure at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and eight years of experience with one of London’s leading dealers of Pop Art editions.

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