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Woman with Square Umbrella
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture in wood depicting a woman holding an umbrella. "Woman with Square Umbrella" by Post War artist Alexander Calder is signed underneath, "Calder." "Woman with a Square Umbre...
Category
1920s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Alexander Calder lithograph derrière le miroir (1960s 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-preseved.
Unsigned from an edition of u...
Category
1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled Double Page Illustration for DLM
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Double Page Illustration for DLM
Color lithograph, 1968
Unsigned as issued in DLM
Published in Derriere le Miroir (Behind the Mirror), calle...
Category
1960s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Calder, Les Fleurs
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Title: Les Fleurs
Year: Circa 1970-1976
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Size: 22.50 x 19.50 inches
Condition: Excellent
Notes: Published by XX...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract 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
Convection (Braniff International Airways), Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Title: Convection (from the Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection)
Year: 1974
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Size: 20 x 26 ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph