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Mer De Sable By Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in New Orleans, LA
oeuvre has been the subject of hundreds of museum exhibitions. Similar paintings by Calder can be found
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Alexander Calder Hammered Silver Necklace, circa 1940
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
necklace see: Calder Jewelry, pgs 44 & 48
This necklace is similar to the first gold necklace Calder ever
Category
Vintage 1940s American More Necklaces
Materials
Silver
Two White Squares Kinetic sculpture
By Roger Phillips
Located in Greenwich, CT
, with small bearings and well tooled stainless steal components. Similar in a room to having a Calder
Category
2010s Kinetic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Antique 1920-40 Surrealist Sculpture Unique Set Hammered SteelWire Female Torsos
Located in Chicago, IL
similar at around 13.5H x 3.5W x 3.5D inches, while the bottom four loops of wire can be slightly adjusted
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Sculptures
H 13.4 in W 3.5 in Dm 3.5 in
Pol Bury 1968 Paris France Artcurial Edition Op-Art Kinetic Ring In .800 Silver
By Pol Bury
Located in Miami, FL
/95, j-69. Guinness, Louisa. Art as Jewellery: from Calder to Kapoor. Belgium: Acc Art books ltd, 2017
Category
Vintage 1960s French Modernist Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sue Benner Cellular Structure I Nine Ovals Quilt Circa 2006
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Quilt Museum and the National Quilt Museum. She would price a similar piece around $11,000 today
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Fabric
Derrière Le Miroir No. 149 (page 8, 9) /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Alechinsky, Bacon, Jean Bazaine, Georges Braque, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Roger Chastel
Category
1960s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gilt Bronze Sculpture Brooch Wearable Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
the series done with Mayer Swed Jewelers in Tel Aviv. Similar ones with gold gilding and semi precious
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Modernist Jewelry
Located in Surfside, FL
is most probably from the series done with Mayer Swed Jewelers in Tel Aviv. Similar ones with gold
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Brooch Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
is most probably from the series done with Mayer Swed Jewelers in Tel Aviv. Similar ones with gold
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Necklace Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
is most probably from the series done with Mayer Swed Jewelers in Tel Aviv. Similar ones with gold
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Jewelers in Tel Aviv. Similar ones with gold gilding and semi precious gemstones from this series have come
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
"Harvard vs Yale" Charles Green Shaw, Football, Ivy League Sports, Abstract
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Gallery that included Shaw, Ferren, and Morris, Alexander Calder, and Charles Biederman. The exhibition
Category
1940s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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H 15 in W 18 in
"Tabac" Charles Green Shaw, Tobacco, Smoking, Park Ave Cubist, AAA
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Morris, Alexander Calder, and Charles Biederman. The exhibition traveled to Paris at the Galerie Pierre
Category
1930s Cubist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Backyards" Early 20th Century Watercolor Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
three similar in style works from 1911 available now on 1stDibs. All are framed identically by Bark
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic "April Dance Form" Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist color field painting. Similar in the manner of the colorful abstract
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
three similar in style works from 1911 available now on 1stDibs. All are framed identically by Bark
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Monumental Texas Modernist Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
field painting. Similar in the manner of the colorful abstract works of Paul Jenkins
Lamar Briggs (1935
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
three similar in style works from 1911 available now on 1stDibs. All are framed identically by Bark
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pol Bury Belgium 1968 2002 Sculptural Kinetic Mezzaluna Ring in 18kt Yellow Gold
By Pol Bury
Located in Miami, FL
movement that espoused the complete freedom of color and form, Bury discovered Alexander Calder's work and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Modernist Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Pol Bury 1968 Paris Kinetic Convertible Necklace Pendant Brooch in 18kt Gold
By Pol Bury
Located in Miami, FL
jewellery: from Calder to Kapoor. Belgium: Acc Art books ltd, 2017. [similar illustrated on pp 132
Category
Vintage 1960s French Modernist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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W 1.61 in D 1.22 in L 17 in
Pol Bury Belgium 1968 2002 Rare Sculptural Kinetic Platforms Ring In 18Kt Gold
By Pol Bury
Located in Miami, FL
discovered alexander calder's work and began making mobiles of painted shapes and sculptures in which
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Modernist Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Pol Bury Belgium 1968-2002 Rare Sculptural Kinetic Spheres Ring 18Kt White Gold
By Pol Bury
Located in Miami, FL
-garde movement that espoused the complete freedom of color and form, bury discovered alexander calder
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Modernist Cocktail Rings
Materials
18k Gold, White Gold
Pol Bury Belgium 1970 Rare Sculptural Kinetic Spikes Pendant Brooch In 18Kt Gold
By Pol Bury
Located in Miami, FL
: from Calder to Kapoor. Belgium: Acc Art books ltd, 2017. [similar illustrated on pp 138].
Exhibitions
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Modernist More Jewelry
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
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H 1.28 in W 3.02 in Dm 3 in L 3.02 in
"Untitled" Sidney Gordin, Constructivist Abstract Sculpture, Bronze Metal Weld
By Sidney Gordin
Located in New York, NY
. This person then gave him a wad of blank papers and something to write with. Sid created a similar type
Category
1950s Constructivist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 15.5 in W 5.5 in D 5 in
"Untitled" Sidney Gordin, Abstract Metal Steel Sculpture
By Sidney Gordin
Located in New York, NY
similar type of moving image with his materials. All the adults at the party became quite excited [and
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
By the Dawn's Early Light, mid-century abstract black, red, yellow oil painting
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in Beachwood, OH
Morris, Alexander Calder, and Charles Biederman. The exhibition traveled to Paris at the Galerie Pierre
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
VEDRA IBIZA No.2 Large Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
color field painting. Similar in manner t the colorful abstract works of Paul Jenkins
Lamar Briggs (1935
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Ruth Berridge 1960 Cinetic Mobile Pair of Sculptural Dangle Earrings in Sterling
By Ruth Berridge
Located in Miami, FL
comfortable and not heavy weighted, they move freely dramatically like an Alexander Calder sculpture, with
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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W 2.25 in L 3.25 in
Untitled Abstract Expressionist sculptural painting on paper, signed, Knoedler
By Herbert Ferber
Located in New York, NY
“compulsive draftsman,” whose studies are full blown wash drawings that are similar to paintings. Agee cites
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
H 16.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.5 in
Couture RobertGoosens 1969-1971 MadameGres RockCrystal Stone HammeredWire Choker
By Robert Goossens
Located in Chicago, IL
-1971 based on similar unsigned spiraled-wire "metal" jewelry without goldsmithing marks in the museum
Category
Mid-20th Century French Greek Revival Drop Necklaces
Materials
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Brass
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D 0.75 in Dm 5 in L 13.5 in
Unknown Girl 01 - Street Portraits (Stranger than Paradise)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
allows even the different country of their own particular creator to seem so similar as to be confused
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
Jose Zanine Caldas Pair of Mid-century modern BrazilianArmchairs Model "H"
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Barcelona, ES
the building the feeling of rusticity, warmth and nostalgia. The house was similar to those built in
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Plywood, Velvet
H 31.5 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma, Art Brut Lithograph
By Pietro Consagra
Located in Surfside, FL
, proponents of structured abstraction. (similar to the Art Informel and Art Brut in France and the Brutalist
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Art Informel Lithograph
By Pietro Consagra
Located in Surfside, FL
, proponents of structured abstraction. (similar to the Art Informel and Art Brut in France and the Brutalist
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma, Art Brut Lithograph
By Pietro Consagra
Located in Surfside, FL
, proponents of structured abstraction. (similar to the Art Informel and Art Brut in France and the Brutalist
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Art Informel Lithograph
By Pietro Consagra
Located in Surfside, FL
, proponents of structured abstraction. (similar to the Art Informel and Art Brut in France and the Brutalist
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YBA YoungBritishArtist Sculpture JewelryCostume First US Exhibit 2000-2001
By Contemporary
Located in Chicago, IL
onto a similar headless mannequin positioned in front of layered chain-curtains depicting an abstract
Category
Early 2000s British Contemporary Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Metal
Grand Kabuki Stainless Steel Abstract Brutalist Sculpture
By Alfred Van Loen
Located in Surfside, FL
. Whether casting medals, drawing in unbroken lines (similar to those of Picasso and Calder), painting in
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
1950's SIGNED FRENCH CUBIST OIL PAINTING - BEAUTIFUL ORANGE BLUE GREEN COLORS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
subjects in a vein similar to that of Gauguin and the Nabis. He then resolutely turned towards Abstraction
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Three Movements" Limited Edition Hand-Signed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Encino, CA
known for exhibiting the works of Yaacov Agam, Victor Vasarely, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Jesús Rafael
Category
1970s Kinetic Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
No Reserve
H 30.125 in W 41.875 in D 1.25 in
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
found Haitian folk art very stylistically similar to her own, and finally believed that she was an
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
a gallery. She found Haitian folk art very stylistically similar to her own, and finally believed
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
a gallery. She found Haitian folk art very stylistically similar to her own, and finally believed
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Wine & Cigarettes Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
found Haitian folk art very stylistically similar to her own, and finally believed that she was an
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Mod Bull Jewish Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
similar to her own, and finally believed that she was an artist. Zeldis began painting seriously and had a
Category
1980s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
circus acts (reminiscent of Alexander Calder) with fire eater, clowns, juggler, tiger and elephant acts
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
act (reminiscent of Alexander Calder) with fire eater, clowns, juggler, tiger and elephant acts
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Large Nancy Graves Color Aquatint Drypoint Etching Screenprint Metallic Gold
By Nancy Graves
Located in Surfside, FL
Graves was married from 1965 to 1970. Her work has strong ties to the Alexander Calder's stabiles and to
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Exterior Stairway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California, similar in feeling to The White Fire Escape, which has been in the collection of the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
creator to seem so similar as to be confused with America itself. Does this ambiguity have something to do
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
H 18.9 in W 23.63 in D 0.4 in
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mod Day Glo Neon Color Field Acrylic Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist color field painting. Similar in the manner of the colorful abstract
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Brass Chandelier "Fiori" 7-Lights
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
lights or more with custom dimensions.
A similar chandelier by Jacques Jarrige is featured in
Through A
Category
2010s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Untitled
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
representational imagery, similar in many ways to the work of Wassily Kandinsky, Jean Arp, Joan Miró, and Alexander
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Excavation
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
, similar in many ways to the work of Wassily Kandinsky, Jean Arp, Joan Miró, and Alexander Calder. Howard’s
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Growing up in a Gun Culture, My Son
By Neil Alexander
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing.
statement
"I’ve been making portraits of my son Calder since the very moment he came
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
By Alfred Van Loen
Located in Surfside, FL
. Whether casting medals, drawing in unbroken lines (similar to those of Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder
Category
1960s Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Mother Drawing #2 (Geometric Abstract Watercolor Painting in Blue & Black)
By Jeanette Fintz
Located in Hudson, NY
Hanging wire on reverse
*Two other similar works are available from the series with the same white frames
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Blue Mother Drawing #3 (Geometric Abstract Watercolor Painting in Blue & Black)
By Jeanette Fintz
Located in Hudson, NY
Hanging wire on reverse
*Two other similar works are available from the series with the same white frames
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
creator to seem so similar as to be confused with America itself. Does this ambiguity have something to do
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
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- What is a Calder mobile?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A “Calder mobile” refers to a moving artwork created by American sculptor Alexander Calder composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. Calder 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. Find a collection of original Alexander Calder art on 1stDibs.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The American sculptor Alexander Calder invented the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. His mobiles were an innovative feat and initially used motors for movement, which he later abandoned for air currents alone. Calder was also a pioneer of wire sculptures. Shop a selection of Alexander Calder pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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- How did Calder become an artist?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024The story of how Calder became an artist begins with his parents. Both artists themselves, they did not want him to suffer the hardships of trying to make a living in art, so they encouraged the young Alexander Calder to study mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He subsequently 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 applied his engineering background to his artwork, such as his understanding of gears and moving parts for kinetic sculptures like Cirque Calder (1931) and free-standing abstract sculptures he called “stabiles.” Explore a selection of Alexander Calder art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Alexander Calder is best known for his sculptures. He produced large, playful freestanding and hanging works in vibrant colors. Examples include Mobile-Stabile, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail and Flying Dragon. On 1stDibs, you can shop a selection of Alexander Calder art.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 3, 2024Alexander Calder invented the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. The revered American sculptor's mobiles were an innovative feat and initially used motors for movement, which he later abandoned for air currents alone. Calder was also a pioneer of wire sculptures. (He was a celebrated modernist printmaker, too, and while jewelry was a secondary métier for him, interest in his wearable art has accelerated in recent years.)
For Calder, the fascinating moment of artistic alchemy comes sometime between his representational canvases of the late 1920s and 1931, the year of his first show of abstract sculpture. Moving to Paris helped spur his creativity, as it did for so many artists and writers. The moment Calder arrived, he began working on one of his most seminal pieces, Cirque Calder (1931), his delightful distillation of the circus into what are essentially three-dimensional line drawings made with wire.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Like all meaningful works of art, the mood that best describes American artist Alexander Calder’s sculptures is subject to interpretation. Common descriptors for his abstract work include “playful” or “whimsical.” Calder is best known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. Shop a selection of Alexander Calder pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024Alexander Calder produced more than 22,000 works of art during his lifetime. The prolific artist made paintings, drawings, prints, tapestries, stage sets, jewelry and other types of art. Some of his most famous pieces include Cirque Calder, Josephine Baker (III), A Universe, Mobile (Arc of Petals) and Devil Fish. Shop a diverse assortment of Alexander Calder art on 1stDibs.
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