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Alexander Calder
Red Pyramid

1970

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Lithograph in colors on wove paper, full sheet Published and Printed by Bank Street Atelier, New York Signed and numbered in pencil from an edition of 110 copies 22.75 x 30.9 inches Condition Report: Average toning. Mounting tape marks showing through in the upper corners. Slight attenuation of the colors Frame not included with purchase Alexander Calder was born in Philadelphia (United States) in 1898. He followed studies in mechanical engineering, before a teaching at the Art Students League of New York (1923-1925). He stayed in Paris (1926-1927) and went to the Academy de la Grande Chaumière. In 1926, he made small animals and other articulated characters in wire and he animated them by staging miniatures in a circus spectacle ("The circus of Calder"). His first personal exhibition was organized in 1928 (New York). In 1931, "Sandy" Calder exhibited with the group Abstraction-Creation. The artist created abstract objects moved by the air or by engines which make them turn endlessly, sticking on frail stalks many black or colored metal sheets which move "poetically". Marcel Duchamp baptized them "motives". Calder invented steel sculptures anchored on the ground, either black or either red sculptures to which Jean Arp gave the name of "stabiles". These abstract forms evoked an animal and plant kingdom. With time going on, "motives" and "stabiles" took more impressive dimensions. Calder used primary colors and is useful of engineering techniques for their realization. The artist invented a multitude of variants in his joinings and received very numerous State orders (Unesco in Paris, Olympic Stadium of Mexico City, etc). In 1952, Calder obtained the First prize of La Biennale de Venise. In 1974, Calder began the series of "Crags", hanging on "motives" to angles of "stabiles", and "Critters", black "stabiles" which seemed shadows of human forms. At the same time, Calder created an important work on paper, etchings, lithographs mostly very colored.
  • Creator:
    Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1970
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.75 in (57.79 cm)Width: 30.9 in (78.49 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2519212582142

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