Photo © DuMouchelles — view this lot on DuMouchelles ↗Composition with Circles, 1971
Lithograph · ed. 21/100
DuMouchelles · Sep 18, 2026$6,000 ≈ £4,496 ≈ €5,236Sign up free to see price
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Composition (Pyramids and Sun on Target)
Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) · 1973
$137,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £81,504≈ €100,029
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “ink, gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated · Alexander Calder signature
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 29 1/4 x 43 in. (74.3 x 109.2 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010414)
- Date
- May 16, 2014
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 211
- Estimate
- $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £23,797 – £35,695) (≈ €29,206 – €43,808)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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