ALEXANDER CALDER – UNTITLED SOLD FOR $57,600
A gouache and ink on paper by Alexander Calder from a Kildare collection sold for $57,600 at Sotheby’s Contemporary Discoveries sale in New York on July 16. It was from the estates of Dr. John and Mary Esther O’Driscoll of Kildare. Notable art collectors, they acquired it at the Crane Kalman Gallery in London in 1974. Long Painting No. 2 by Tony O’Malley from their collection sold at Sotheby’s Irish Art sale in Paris last year for €5,080.