1970s Landscape Prints

"Maeght Editeur" is a color lithograph poster. This poster was for an exhibit on Alexander Calder's work in Paris, France. It depicts a black tree with red fruits on the left side an...

Ernst Fuchs (1930 Vienna - 2015 ibid), The Lost Trace, 1972. Vernis mou and aquatint etching, 46.8 x 36.4 cm (plate), 66 x 50 cm (sheet), 69.5 x 53.5 cm (frame), WVZ Hartmann no. 185...

Artist: Christo, Title: Running Fences yellow Series: Running Fences Date: 1976 Medium: Offset Lithograph Dimensions: 25.25" x 39.5" Signature: Signed Edition: 1000

Original “Greece” vintage travel poster. Archivally linen backed and ready to frame. This is an original 1967 Greece vintage travel poste...

Vasilios Janopoulos, Greek (1953 - ) - Works Miami, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: HC, Image Size: 24.5 x 14.5 inches, Size: 29.5 ...

Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...

Original Hawaii, United Airlines Hawaii travel poster. Linen-backed, excellent condition. Ready to frame. Great price for an archival linen-backed poster of this Hawaii United Airlines vintage...

This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Serpent et Soleil (Serpent and Sun), originates from the historic 1973 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 201. Published ...

Artist: Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Title: Centre Noeuds (Sabatier 393) Year: 1974 Edition: 38/125, plus proofs Medium: Etching on Arches paper Size: 23.875 x 17.5 inches Inscription: ...

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Dalínean Prophecy, Imaginations and Objects ...

Lloyd Lozes Goff, American (1918 - 1982) - Notre Dame, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 300, AP 30, Image Size: 19 x 25 inches, Size: 23 i...

This exquisite lithograph by Hans Hartung (1904–1989), titled L differe-2 (The Deferred-2), from the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe siecle (San L...

COOPER'S RAINBOW is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American painter Wayne Cooper printed in NYC using traditional hand lithogr...

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, edition of 30. This Imaginary topiary and garden scene is the smallest that Houtin completed. . François Houtin was born in Craon en Maye...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback III Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 119/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Garden Flowers Year: 1979 Edition: 347/350, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Somerset paper Size: 30 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Si...

Duane Bryers, American (1911 - 2012) - Morning Flight, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 300, AP, Image Size: 17.5 x 21 in., Size: 21 in. x...

Lloyd Lozes Goff, American (1918 - 1982) - New York Harbor, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 250, AP 15, Image Size: 18.5 x 24 inches, Size...

Original “Student Winter in Poland with Almatur” horizontal Polish poster. Travel and tourism office of the Socialist Union of Polish Students”. Th...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1972 Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...

Original Evel Knievel, 1971 vintage movie poster. Excellent condition, folded as initially shipped to the movie theater. U. S. original 1-sheet movie poster A Timeless Tribute t...

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993), "Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico", Gelatin Silver Print, 1976, signed and dated in pencil lower right, silver-tone metal frame. Image: 10.75" H x 13.5" W;...

Hans-Georg Rauch, German (1939 - 1993) - Untitled (31), Year: 1978, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: HC X/X, Size: 20 in. x 28 in. (50.8 cm ...

Hans-Georg Rauch, German (1939 - 1993) - Untitled (2/23), Year: 1978, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Size: 23 x 15 in. (58.42 x 38....

Champ de Tournesols is an original hand drawn lithograph by the French artist Georges Lambert printed in Paris France during the 1970's using traditional hand lithography techniques ...

"Little Wolf's Last Camp" is a colored woodblock A/P signed by Carol Summers. In the image, a mountain looms over a circle of teat the edge of a lake, a scene likely inspired by the life events of the Northern Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf (c. 1820-1904) and his leadership during the Northern Cheyenne Exodus. The drama of the image is enhanced by Summers' signature printmaking technique, which allows the ink from the woodblock to seep through the paper, blurring the edges of each form. Frame: 37 x 37 in This is an artist's proof from the edition of 100 Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MOMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...

Contemporary French artist Francois Houtin still developed his signature style of imaginary vegetation and symbols in the 1970's and has continued to master etching and fantasy lands...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback II Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 88/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed a...

Original Las Vegas, Nevada American Airlines travel poster. Archival linen backed in very good Condition Grade A-. The post...

Edition of 110, signed and numbered lower right

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Lithograph II, from the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume II, originates from the 1975 edition published by Leon Amiel, New York, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1975. Lithograph II reflects Miros poetic mastery of line, movement, and color, capturing his lifelong pursuit of visual rhythm and lyrical abstraction. Combining spontaneity and control, this composition embodies Miros signature balance of playful geometry and poetic energy—translating instinct and imagination into a harmonious field of motion and light. Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 12.5 x 9.625 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship and technical mastery of Mourlot Freres, Paris, one of the foremost printmaking ateliers of the 20th century. Artwork Details: Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) Title: Lithograph II, from the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume II, 1975 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 12.5 x 9.625 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1975 Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miro. Joan Miro, Catalogue Raisonne Des Livres Illustres. P. Cramer, 1989, illustration 198. Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miro: Lithographs Volume V 1972–1975. Maeght, 1992, illustration 1038. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume II, published by Leon Amiel, New York; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1975 Notes: Excerpted from the album, The original Joan Miro lithographs were printed by Mourlot, the illustrations by Arte Adrien Maeght, and the text by Imprimerie Union, Paris, France. V̅ examples of this English-language edition, numbered I-V̅, have been printed. A deluxe French edition of CL examples, numbered I-CL, with II additional original lithographs signed by Joan Miro, and LXXX suites, numbered I-LXXX, containing the XIII original lithographs on velin with wide margins and with each lithograph signed by the artist, have also been printed. About the Publication: Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume II, published in 1975 by Leon Amiel, New York, with lithographs printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, is the second installment in the monumental four-volume series documenting Miros complete lithographic work. The project was conceived as both an artistic and scholarly endeavor, uniting Miro’s technical innovation with comprehensive cataloguing of his print oeuvre. Volume II chronicles an essential period in Miros career—from 1950 to 1956—when his exploration of symbolic abstraction, vibrant color, and gestural spontaneity reached new levels of expressive freedom. The collaboration between Miro and the master lithographers at Mourlot resulted in works of exceptional brilliance and vitality, capturing the artist’s playful yet deeply spiritual sensibility. The album was produced with meticulous attention to detail, printed on the highest-quality velin paper, and accompanied by essays and documentation that provide historical and artistic context. Issued in English and French-language editions, Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume II stands as a landmark in 20th-century printmaking—testament to the enduring creative partnership between Miro, Mourlot, and the publishers Maeght and Amiel. About the Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose visionary imagination and lyrical abstraction made him one of the most influential and beloved artists of the 20th century. Born in Barcelona, Miro drew inspiration from Catalan folk art, Romanesque frescoes, and the luminous landscapes of Mont-roig del Camp, developing a deep connection to nature that infused his work with vitality and symbolism. After formal training at the Escola d'Art in Barcelona, he absorbed the lessons of Post-Impressionism and Cubism before moving to Paris in the early 1920s, where he became a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. There, Miro forged a personal visual language of biomorphic shapes, floating symbols, and radiant color harmonies that reflected both spontaneity and spiritual depth. In creative dialogue with peers such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, he helped revolutionize modern art by dissolving the boundaries between abstraction and dream imagery. Miros inventive approach extended far beyond painting, embracing sculpture, ceramics, and monumental public commissions that redefined how art could interact with space and emotion. His expressive freedom and gestural abstraction profoundly influenced later artists including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Antoni Tapies, and Joan Mitchell, inspiring generations who sought to merge instinct, color, and imagination. Today, Miros work remains a cornerstone of modernism, prized by collectors and celebrated in major museums worldwide. His highest auction record was achieved by Peinture (Etoile Bleue) (1927), which sold for 23,561,250 GBP (approximately 37 million USD) at Sotheby's, London, on June 19, 2012. Joan Miro Lithograph II...

Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Title: Louisiana Serenade (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 39/175, plus proofs Size: Paper ...

Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Warriors Dream, Portfolio: Peace in Vietnam, Year: 1973, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 135/300, Size: 16.25 ...

The original Hawaii Western Airlines 1970s vintage travel poster is archivally linen-backed, in excellent condition, and ready to frame. It was p...

Tiger TATEISHI (1941 - 1998) Moon Landscape, 1973 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered /100 On vellum 82.5 x 58.5 cm (c. 33 x 23 in) Exce...

Artist: Ralph Fasanella, American (1914 - 1997) Title: Ball Park Year: 1974 Medium: Screenprint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image: 25 x 37 inches Size...

YELLOW BOAT is an original hand drawn lithograph by the Egyptian French artist Laurent Marcel Salinas printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% aci...

Robert Cottingham Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books, 1975 Color Lithograph 23 × 18 inches Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil on the front; Bears Artist's cop...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VII Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 119/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed...

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Winter's Morning, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 42/50, Size: 17.75 x 25.75 in. (45.09 x 65.4...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Ediciones Polígrafa, Redfern Gallery, 1979. Published by Redfern Gallery, London...

Hans-Georg Rauch, German (1939 - 1993) - Untitled - 55, Year: circa 1978, Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: HC I/XX, Size: 21 x 27 in. (53.34 x ...

Artist: Jon Naar Title: Red Doc from Faith of Graffiti Year: 1974 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 34 x 24.5 inches Printed by Circle Press, Chicago Published by Documentary Photos NYC Graffiti...

Mel Hunter, American (1927 - 2004) - In Our Birch Grove, Year: 1976, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 10, XXV, Size: 22 x 26 in. (55.88 x 66.04 cm)

ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002) FOG, GOG, AND MAGOG 1971 Color lithograph. Plate 1 from “Fog Gog, and Magog” 1971. Signed in pencil and numbered. This work is number 92 from the edition o...

Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Sky Swirl, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Size: 26 x 20 inch...

Artist: Joan Melnick, American (1942 - ) Title: Morning Star Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 35 Paper Size: 25 x 40 in. (63.5 x 101.6 cm)

This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (born 1928), titled Composition sur fond noir (Composition on a Black Background), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XL Annee, No. 5...

Lithograph on vélin papel Guarro con filigrana paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: published in 1970 to promote the folio, Tapís De Tarragona, il·lustra...

Original Zurich, Switzerland vintage travel poster. Conservation linen backed and ready to frame. Excellent condition. Created by the esteemed...

This exquisite silkscreen after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Nous croyons en lEurope, Etudes pour un projet de timbre (We Believe in Europe,...

Original Caribbean South America Holland America Cruises vintage poster. S.S. Rotterdam and the S.S. Statedam cruise ships. Artist: David Klein. Archivally linen-backed and ready to frame. In excellent condition. Note that his poster was printed with a shiny surface. David Klein was the notable artist that created most of TWA’s travel posters...

Original Zurich, Switzerland vintage travel poster, conservation linen backed and ready to frame. Printer: Schwegler Karl AG Zürich Thi...

The City is a screen print realized by Giuseppe Aleandro in the 1970s. Hand-signed and numbered. Edition of 150 prints. Very Good condition.

Kenneth Snelson New York State Council on the Arts vintage poster, 1971 Offset lithograph on wove paper Unsigned, Unnumbered 35 × 25 inches Unframed Scarce original 1970s offset lit...

Marion McClanahan, American (1921 - 1993) - Cibourne Harbor, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 50, Image Size: 23.5 x 34 inches, Siz...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Winter Sunshine Year: 1970 Edition: A.P.; 300, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 16 x 18.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed...

This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Composition aux Cercles (Composition with Circles), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 221, originates from the 1976 edition published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1976. Composition aux Cercles reflects Calder’s mastery of rhythm, motion, and form—translating the dynamic energy of his sculptural works into bold, abstract compositions on paper, rich with color and movement. Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the superb craftsmanship of Mourlot Freres, Paris. Artwork Details: Artist: Alexander Calder (1898–1976) Title: Composition aux Cercles (Composition with Circles), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 221 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.88 cm), with centerfold as issued Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1976 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 221, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1976 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), The illustrations on the cover and pages 3, 4-5, 6, 9, 12-13 and 16 of this issue of "Behind the Mirror" are original lithographs by Calder printed at l'imprimerie Arte, Adrien Maeght. It was printed a luxury edition on velin d'Arches in CL numbered examples. About the Publication: Derriere le miroir (Behind the Mirror) was one of the most important art publications of the 20th century, created and published by Maeght Editeur in Paris from 1946 to 1982. Founded by the visionary art dealer and publisher Aime Maeght, the series served as both an exhibition catalogue and a work of art in its own right, uniting original lithographs by leading modern and contemporary artists with critical essays, poetry, and design of the highest quality. Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single artist or theme and published to accompany exhibitions at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, and Alberto Giacometti, among others. The publication reflected Maeght’s belief that art should be both accessible and elevated—an ideal realized through its luxurious production values, meticulous printing, and collaboration with the greatest creative minds of its time. About the Artist: Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was an American sculptor, painter, and printmaker whose pioneering innovations in kinetic art revolutionized 20th-century sculpture and transformed modern visual language. Born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania, into a family of artists, Calder initially trained as a mechanical engineer at the Stevens Institute of Technology before turning to art at the Art Students League in New York—a combination of technical precision and creative imagination that defined his career. Moving to Paris in 1926, he immersed himself in the avant-garde and formed friendships with Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, whose ideas profoundly shaped his artistic philosophy. From Picasso, he absorbed structural invention; from Miro, lyrical abstraction; from Kandinsky, spiritual geometry; and from Duchamp and Man Ray, the courage to merge intellect and play. In Paris, Calder created his famous Cirque Calder, a miniature mechanical circus that introduced motion and performance as central components of sculpture, and by the early 1930s, he invented the mobile—a term coined by Duchamp—to describe his delicately balanced, moving sculptures that responded to air currents. Later, Jean Arp would name his stationary counterparts stabiles. These two inventions—sculptures that could either float and spin gracefully or stand monumentally still—transformed art into a dynamic dialogue between movement, balance, and space. Calder’s signature forms, painted in vivid reds, blacks, blues, and yellows, embodied both joy and precision, creating an art that was at once abstract, organic, and deeply human. Like Kandinsky and Miro, he viewed art as a form of rhythm and emotion; like Duchamp, he embraced innovation and humor; and like Giacometti and Dali, he was fascinated by perception, structure, and the unseen forces of motion. His monumental public sculptures—such as La Grande Vitesse (1969) in Grand Rapids and Flamingo (1973) in Chicago—redefined public art as a symbol of civic optimism and modern progress. A key bridge between European modernism and American abstraction, Calder’s influence extended to artists including Jean Tinguely, George Rickey, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, and Olafur Eliasson, whose works in kinetic and spatial art continue to echo his vision. His gouaches, prints, and jewelry carried the same balance and movement as his sculptures, revealing a unified language of rhythm across media. Represented in every major modern museum—including MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Tate, and the Centre Pompidou—Calder remains celebrated for merging engineering, color, and poetry into an art of pure equilibrium. Standing alongside Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, he remains one of the cornerstones of modern art—a visionary whose works breathe with motion, grace, and joy. His highest auction record was achieved by Poisson Volant (Flying Fish) (1957), which sold for $25.9 million at Christie’s, New York, on May 15, 2014, reaffirming Alexander Calder’s enduring legacy as one of the most inventive, dynamic, and collectible artists in the history of modern art. Alexander Calder Composition...

This exquisite lithograph after Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled Nature morte aux Poissons (Still Life with Fish), from the folio Andre Derain entre 1935 et 1949, V (Andre Derain bet...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback I Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 50/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed an...