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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) CARTONNIER & ATELIERS PINTON FRÈRES à AUBUSSON LISSIERSerpent pressé, copy EX ATapisserie de lice. Colored wools. Signed CALDER in the weft at the bottom right and bears the monogram of the weaver F.P. in the weft at the bottom left, numbered EX A on a part of the tapestry in return on the back, complete with its weaver's bolduc with the mentions of the cartonnier, the workshop, the dimensions and the number of the copy, also bears on the back the label of the cleaning of the Chevalier Conservation dated 4-6-2004 179 x 263 cmProvenance : The Seagram Collection, New York - Christie's New York, 24 September 2003, lot n° 60 of the catalogue . Exhibition: - Aubusson Tapestries by Calder - Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, April 14 to May 3, 1972. An identical model presented during this exhibition under the n° 3 of the catalogue. - Aubusson Tapestries by Calder - Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, April-June 1974. An identical model presented at this event under n° 21 of the catalogue. Bibliography : Leonard Hutton - Aubusson Tapestries by Calder - Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Leonard Hutton Gallery from April 14 to May 31, 1972, published by Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1972 . An identical model is reproduced on page 10.
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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) CARTONNIER & ATELIERS PINTON FRÈRES à AUBUSSON LISSIERSerpent pressé, copy EX ATapisserie de lice. Colored wools. Signed CALDER in the weft at the bottom right and bears the monogram of the weaver F.P. in the weft at the bottom left, numbered EX A on a part of the tapestry in return on the back, complete with its weaver's bolduc with the mentions of the cartonnier, the workshop, the dimensions and the number of the copy, also bears on the back the label of the cleaning of the Chevalier Conservation dated 4-6-2004 179 x 263 cmProvenance : The Seagram Collection, New York - Christie's New York, 24 September 2003, lot n° 60 of the catalogue . Exhibition: - Aubusson Tapestries by Calder - Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, April 14 to May 3, 1972. An identical model presented during this exhibition under the n° 3 of the catalogue. - Aubusson Tapestries by Calder - Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, April-June 1974. An identical model presented at this event under n° 21 of the catalogue. Bibliography : Leonard Hutton - Aubusson Tapestries by Calder - Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Leonard Hutton Gallery from April 14 to May 31, 1972, published by Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1972 . An identical model is reproduced on page 10.
