Cottone’s Art and Antiques auction in Geneseo, New York on October 3 will include works by American, British and Continental European artists from the estate of Jane Forman Sheets of Buffalo, New York.
Among them is this 1966 gouache on paper by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) above, titled Loose Yolks. The 2ft 5in x 3ft 6in (75cm x 1.07m) painting, which is signed and dated Calder 66 lower right, is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York and has a provenance to the David Findlay Junior Gallery in New York and Nicholas Guppy, London who acquired it directly from the artist. The estimate is $50,000-80,000.