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Alexander Calder, Artist Mourlot Press, Printer
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About the Artwork

Quilt

1966

Alexander Calder (Artist) American, 1898-1976 Mourlot Press (Printer) French

Lithograph printed in color ink on wove paper

Image: 20 3/8 × 29 1/4 inches (51.8 × 74.3 cm) Sheet: 22 × 29 7/8 inches (55.9 × 75.9 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, June Grand Opening Fund

66.222.1

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Signed, in pencil, lower right: Calder

Watermark: Arches

Provenance

1966-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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© 2005 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder, Quilt, 1966, lithograph printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, June Grand Opening Fund, 66.222.1.

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