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Which mood best describes Alexander Calder’s sculptures?
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Like all meaningful works of art, the mood that best describes American artist Alexander Calder’s sculptures is subject to interpretation. Common descriptors for his abstract work include “playful” or “whimsical.” Calder is best known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. Shop a selection of Alexander Calder pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Skybird
By Alexander Calder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in colors on Arches wove paper.
Signed with the artist’s monogram and dated on the stone lower right CA 74.
A superb impression of the definitive state,...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nostalgie de l'envol
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder
Nostalgie de l'envol , 1976
Hand-signed
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
S. 20 1/2 in x 28 3/8 x (52.1cm x 72.1 )
Ed. 100
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder lithograph Derrière le miroir (Calder prints)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1971 from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; well-preseved.
Unsigned from an edition of un...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder Lithograph Derriere le miroir (Calder prints)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage original Alexander Calder Three Legged Man Lithograph 1975:
Lithograph in colors. 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
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Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1960's Alexander Calder lithographic cover Derrière le miroir
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithographic cover c. 1968 from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 11 x 15 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown with crisp bright colors.
Published by: Galerie Maeght, Paris, c. 1968.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Looks fantastic framed.
Derrière le miroir:
In October 1945 the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opens his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. His beginning coincides with the end of Second World War and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France.
The publication was created in October 1946 (n°1) and published without interruption until 1982 (n°253). Its original articles and illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) who were famous at the time.
The lithographic publication covered only the artists exhibited by Maeght gallery either through personal or group exhibitions. Among them were, Pierre Alechinsky, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Saul Steinberg and Antoni Tapies.
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Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder lithograph Derrière le miroir (Calder prints)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; well-preserved.
Unsigned from an edition of u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph