Plate 5 from the Portfolio Derriere le Miroir #212
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Plate 5 (Derriere le Miroir # 212) Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original
Lithograph
Composition (Red Boomerang)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Composition (Red Boomerang) Medium: Color Lithograph Year: 1962
Lithograph
Sold|$900
Les Fleurs
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Les Fleurs from Derriere Le Miroir Year
Lithograph
Abstract II from Derriere le Miroir
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Abstract II from Derriere Le Miroir Year
Lithograph
Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after) (American, 1898-1976) Title: Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines
Lithograph
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Les Fleurs
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Les Fleurs from Derriere Le Miroir Year
Lithograph
Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after) (American, 1898-1976) Title: Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines
Lithograph
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Sun Kissed
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Sun Kissed from Derriere le Miroir Year
Lithograph
Convection, from Flying Colors
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Medium: Lithograph Date: 1974
Lithograph
Abstract with Swirl from Derriere Le Miroir
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Title: Abstract with Swirl from Derriere Le Miroir
Lithograph
Skybird, from Flying Colors
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Skybird Portfolio: Flying Colors Medium: Lithograph Year: 1974
Lithograph
Seven of Hearts from Derriere le Miroir
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Derriere Le Miroir (Seven of Hearts) Year
Lithograph
Sold|$895
Beastie
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Beastie Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Beastie
Lithograph
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Skybird
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Skybird Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Skybird
Lithograph
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Skybird
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Skybird Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Skybird
Lithograph
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Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection
Lithograph
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Beastie
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Beastie Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Beastie
Lithograph
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Skybird
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Skybird Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Skybird
Lithograph
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Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection
Lithograph
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Beastie
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Beastie Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Beastie
Lithograph
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Skybird
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Skybird Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Skybird
Lithograph
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Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection
Lithograph
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Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection
Lithograph
Composition with Pyramids, Circles and Clouds
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Composition with Pyramids, Circles and Clouds Year: 1970 Medium
Lithograph
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Flying Colors 4
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Flying Colors 4 Year: 1974 Medium
Lithograph
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Flying Colors 1
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Flying Colors 1 Year: 1974 Medium
Lithograph
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Flying Colors 2
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Flying Colors 2 Year: 1974 Medium
Lithograph
Study for Sculpture III
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Study for Sculpture III from Derriere Le
Lithograph
Circus 4 (Les Gueules Degoulinantes)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Circus 4 (Les Gueules Degoulinantes) from
Lithograph
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Sun and Planets
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, After, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Sun and Planets Year: circa 1970
Lithograph
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Venusiennes
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Venusiennes Year: 1971 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
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Beastie
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Beastie Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Beastie
Lithograph
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Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection
Lithograph
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Beastie
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Beastie Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Beastie
Lithograph
Plate 1, from Derriere Le Miroir #156
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Derriere le Miroir #156 (Plate 1) Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original
Lithograph
Composition (Blue Boomerang with Red, Black and Yellow Shapes)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Composition (Blue Boomerang with Red, Black and Yellow Shapes) Year
Lithograph
La Lune et La Montagne Jaune
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: La Lune et La Montagne Jaune from Derrier
Lithograph
Sold|$750
Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
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Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
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Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
La Lune et La Montagne Jaune
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: La Lune et La Montagne Jaune from Derrier
Lithograph
Sold|$850
Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
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Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
Composition aux Cercles
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
From the edition of 100, created by the artist as an original lithograph in 1970, Alexander
Lithograph
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Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
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Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
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Red Sun
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after), American (1898 - 1976) Title: Red Sun Year: 1968 Medium
Lithograph
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Balloons
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after), American (1898 - 1976) Title: Balloons Year: 1968 Medium
Lithograph
"Circles" from Our Unfinished Revolution
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Circles" from Our Unfinished Revolution Year: 1975-76 Medium
Lithograph
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Autumn
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after), American (1898 - 1976) Title: Autumn Year: 1969 Medium
Lithograph
Derriere Le Miroir No. 113 Stabile
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Derriere Le Miroir No. 113 A double page lithograph from the
Lithograph
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Autumn
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after), American (1898 - 1976) Title: Autumn Year: 1969 Medium
Lithograph
Derriere Le Miroir #156
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Derriere le Miroir #156 Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #156 Medium
Lithograph
Sold|$499
Red Sun
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after), American (1898 - 1976) Title: Red Sun Year: 1968 Medium
Lithograph
Sold|$900
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Convection" from The Flying Colors Collection, 1975 for Braniff
Lithograph
Bull and Circles, from: Poems to Watch
By Alexander Calder
Located in London, GB
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976 Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898 - 1976 New York (American) Title: Bull and
Lithograph
Sold|$675
Beastie
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Beastie" from The Flying Colors Collection, 1975 for Braniff
Lithograph
The American sculptor Alexander Calder is known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling.
Because Calder's parents, both artists themselves, did not want him to suffer the hardships of trying to make a living in art, they encouraged the young Calder to study mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, New Jersey. He worked a number of jobs, including as a hydraulic engineer and draftsman for the New York Edison Company, before deciding to pursue an artistic career. He never abandoned his engineering background, however, applying his understanding of gears and moving parts in all his artworks, from mechanical toys like the Cirque Calder (1931) and his revered prints to his free-standing abstract sculptures, called stabiles.
In 1926, Calder moved to Paris and established a studio in the Montparnasse quarter. He began creating the many parts of his famous miniature circus from found materials, such as wire, string, cloth, rubber and cork. Designed to be transportable, Cirque grew to fill five suitcases over the years. Always interested in putting forms in motion, Calder also pioneered a new art form called wire sculptures, which he described as “drawings in space.” Like his famous mobiles, the wire sculptures were suspended so that they turned with any movement of the air, presenting different forms when viewed from different angles.
In the 1950s, Calder returned to his roots in mechanical engineering, creating monumental abstract sculptures that verged on the architectural. He worked from loose gestural drawings like this preparatory sketch for his Man Stabile, from 1966. Throughout his career, he also worked as a set designer for the theater, as well as an illustrator and printmaker, producing vibrant, whimsical drawings for books and journals.
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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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