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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Soporific Sun
Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) · 1969
HK$1,062,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $135,745≈ £105,449≈ €123,315
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “ink and gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'Calder 69' lower right · Alexander Calder signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 74.9 x 109.3 cm. (29 1/2 x 43 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale (HK010419)
- Date
- November 25, 2019
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 165
- Estimate
- HK$650,000 – HK$850,000 (≈ $83,044 – $108,596) (≈ £64,510 – £84,360) (≈ €75,440 – €98,652)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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