$1,500
Convection, Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines, Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Braniff Airlines Flying Colors Blindstamp, lower right. Convection Alexander Calder, American (1898–1976) Date: 1974 Lithograph, signed and dated in the plate Size: 20 x 26 in. (5...
Lithograph
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
Convection, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Convection, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inc...
Lithograph
Convection, from Flying Colors
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Medium: Lithograph Date: 1974 Edition: Open Frame Size: 27" x 33" Sheet Size: 20" x 26" Image Size: 20" x 26" Sign...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in D 1 in
Alexander Calder, 'Convection' from Flying Colors suite 1974-1975
By Alexander Calder
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: "Convection" (from the Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection) Year: 1974-75 Medium: Lithographs on Arches paper Size: 20 ...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Year: 1974 Edition: Open Signed: In the stone Framed Size:...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Year: 1974 Edition: Open Signed: In the stone Framed Size:...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Year: 1974 Edition: Open Signed: In the stone Framed Size:...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Year: 1974 Edition: Open Signed: In the stone Framed Size:...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Convection Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Original lithograph Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Year: 1974 Edition: Open Framed Size: 30" x 36" (76 x 91.4...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
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 ...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
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 ...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
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 ...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Convection" from The Flying Colors Collection, 1975 for Braniff Airlines Year: 1974 Signed in Plate Dimensions: 20" x 26" From an edition of unknown ...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Convection" from The Flying Colors Collection, 1975 for Braniff Airlines Year: 1974 Signed in Plate Dimensions: 20" x 26" Sold unframed.
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
Convection, Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines, Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after) (American, 1898-1976) Title: Convection, Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Size: 20 in. x 26 in. ...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Convection" from The Flying Colors Collection, 1975 for Braniff Airlines Year: 1974 Signed in Plate Dimensions: 20" x 26" Framed dimensions: 22 in x ...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: "Convection" from The Flying Colors Collection, 1975 for Braniff Airlines Year: 1974 Signed in Plate Dimensions: 20" x 26" Framed ...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
Convection (Braniff Flying Colors), 1974 Ltd Ed Lithograph, Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) Credited with the invention of the mobile, Alexander Calder revolutionized twentieth-century art with his innovative use of subtle air currents to animat...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
Convection (Braniff Flying Colors), 1974 Ltd Ed Lithograph, Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) Credited with the invention of the mobile, Alexander Calder revolutionized twentieth-century art with his innovative use of subtle air currents to animat...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
Convection (Braniff Flying Colors), 1974 Ltd Ed Lithograph, Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) Credited with the invention of the mobile, Alexander Calder revolutionized twentieth-century art with his innovative use of subtle air currents to animat...
Lithograph
Convection, from Flying Colors
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Convection Portfolio: Flying Colors Medium: Lithograph Date: 1974 Edition: Open Frame Size: 27" x 33" Sheet Size: 20" x 26" Image Size: 20" x 26" Sign...
Lithograph
Convection (Flying Colors Collection)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Convection (Flying Colors Collection) Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
Convection (Flying Colors Collection)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Convection (Flying Colors Collection) Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
Convection (Flying Colors Collection)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Convection (Flying Colors Collection) Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
Sold
H 20 in W 26 in
Convection (Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Convection (Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection) Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Con...
Lithograph
Convection
By Alexander Calder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed with the artist’s monogram and dated on the stone lower right CA 74. A superb impression of the definitive state, from the edition commissioned by Braniff International Ai...
$450
H 33.5 in W 25.5 in
Fondation Maeght (Red, Yellow, Blue) /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Fondation Maeght (Red, Yellow, Blue)" *Issued unsigned Year: 2005 Medium: Original Lithograph on Stonehenge paper Limite...
Lithograph
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), called DLM From: DLM No. 173, publishe...
Lithograph
$2,500
H 22 in W 30 in
Bold Abstract Circles Color Lithograph Alexander Calder Unfinished Revolution
By Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
1975 Color Lithograph by Alexander Calder from Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio One of 250 copies, with the printed signature and date on offset paper. This is not pencil signed ...
Lithograph, Offset
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 8.5 in
Composition, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and original issue World Federation of United Nations Associations postage stamp on vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Publis...
Lithograph
$2,236Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 25.5 in
Calder, Spring Carnival, The Collector's Guild Ltd. (after)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by The Collector's Guild Ltd., New York in association with Th...
Lithograph
$1,276Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 10.25 in
Marc Chagall, Paradise II, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Paradise II (Paradise II), from Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible (Drawings for the Bible), Verve: Revue Artistique et...
Lithograph
$445
H 15 in W 11 in
Alexander Calder Print, Abstract Style, 1968, Plate 4, Derriere le Miroir #173
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Plate 4 Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #173 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1968 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 15" x 11" Image Size: 15" x 11" Signature: Un...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Alexander Calder, Rings on Black, from Derriere le Miroir, 1973
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Anneaux sur noir (Rings on Black), originates from the historic 1973 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 201. Published by...
Lithograph
Alexander Calder 1970’s coloured lithograph Asymetrie
By Alexander Calder
Located in London, GB
Original 1970's Alexander Calder Asymetrie coloured lithograph. Foxing to the paper., which should be visible in the photos. Reframed.
Paper
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Alexander Calder, Red and Blue on Yellow, from Derriere le Miroir, 1973
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Rouge et bleu sur jaune (Red and Blue on Yellow), originates from the historic 1973 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 20...
Lithograph
$9,422
H 17.13 in W 25.99 in D 0.04 in
L'Odyssée, Planche XIX Lithograph, Trial Proof, Symbolist, 1974
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) L'Odyssée, Planche XIX Lithograph in colours, 1974, A unique trial proof printed, notably without the central fold, with variant colouration differing from ...
Lithograph
$450
H 11 in W 15 in
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...
Lithograph
Boomerang
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in the plate ***ITEM WILL SHIP UNFRAM...
Lithograph
$545
H 21.25 in W 17.25 in
Alexander Calder Lithograph, Modern Style, 1968, Plate 6, Derriere le Miroir 173
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Plate 6 Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #173 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1968 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/4" Sheet Size: 15" x 11" Image...
Lithograph
Boomerang, 1974
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in pencil, "A.P." apart from the edit...
Lithograph
Untitled
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Signed in pencil and numbered 35 from an edition of 150. Marked in pencil on back “Affiches AC Zurich 1975” with the number 8863 or 8868. 27 1/2” x 19 5/8”. Unframed. Originally pu...
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.
Find original Alexander Calder art today on 1stDibs.
Explore a vast range of abstract prints on 1stDibs to find a piece to enhance your existing collection or transform a space.
Unlike figurative paintings and other figurative art, which focuses on realism and representational perspectives, abstract art concentrates on visual interpretation. An artist may use a single color or simple geometric forms to create a world of depth. Printmaking has a rich history of abstraction. Through materials like stone, metal, wood and wax, an image can be transferred from one surface to another.
During the 19th century, iconic artists, including Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Georgiana Houghton and others, began exploring works based on shapes and colors. This was a departure from the academic conventions of European painting and would influence the rise of 20th-century abstraction and its pioneers, like Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian.
Some leaders of European abstraction, including Franz Kline, were influenced by the gestural shapes of East Asian calligraphy. Calligraphy interprets poetry, songs, symbols or other means of storytelling into art, from works on paper in Japan to elements of Islamic architecture.
Bold, daring and expressive, abstract art is constantly evolving and dazzling viewers. And entire genres have blossomed from it, such as Color Field painting and Minimalism.
The collection of abstract art prints on 1stDibs includes etchings, lithographs, screen-prints and other works, and you can find prints by artists such as Joan Miró, Alexander Calder and more.