Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
American, 1898-1976
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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Artist: Alexander Calder
Derriere Le Miroir No. 141 Stabile 2
By Alexander Calder
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Derriere Le Miroir No. 141, Stabile 2
A double page lithograph from the Derriere le Miroir No. 141 publication. With vertical fold in the middle, as ...
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1950s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
People - Vintage Lithograph by Alexander Calder - 1966
By Alexander Calder
Located in Roma, IT
People is an original artwork realized by Alexander Calder in 1966.
Original mix colored lithograph on double page.
The artwork was the cover design for the art review "Derriere Le...
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1960s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir #221
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Derriere le Miroir #221
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #221
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Date: 1975
Edition: Unnumbered
Sheet Size: 15" x 22"
Image Siz...
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1970s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Atelier Mourlot, New York - Abstract Lithograph Poster by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) - Atelier Mourlot, New York. Year: 1967, Medium: Lithograph Poster, Edition: 1000, Size: 28 x 21 in. (71.12 x 53.34 cm), Printer: Atelier ...
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1960s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Invitation to Sandy's Air Party, Modern Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) - Invitation to Sandy's Air Party. Year: 1975, Medium: Lithograph, Size: 6.25 in. x 8.5 in. (15.88 cm x 21.59 cm)
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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"Lion Tamer" framed signed lithograph by Alexander Calder. Edition EA of 100.
By Alexander Calder
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Lion Tamer" lithograph by Alexander Calder. Hand-lettered EA in lower left front corner. Hand-signed Calder in lower right front corner. From an ed...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Le Noble Chevalier, 1960
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
“Le Noble Chevalier, 1960”
Lithograph in Colors on Velin de Rives paper
Sheet Size: 11” x 16” (27.94 x 40.64 ...
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1960s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Original poster from Alexander Calder's exhibition at the Sala Gaspar in 1973
By Alexander Calder
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster from Alexander Calder's exhibition at the Sala Gaspar in 1973.
Alexander Calder 🇺🇸 (1898-1976) changed the course of modern art by developing an innovative method...
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1970s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
Vintage 1970s Alexander Calder lithograph (Calder three legged man)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage original 1970s Alexander Calder Lithograph:
11x15 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Published by: Galerie Maeght, Paris, 19...
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1970s Pop Art Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
South America with Flying Colors, Modern Poster by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) - South America with Flying Colors. Year: 1973, Medium: Poster, signed, Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
La Vague, Modern Geometric Poster by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alexander Calder, American (1898 - 1976) - La Vague. Year: 1971, Medium: Poster, Size: 35 x 22.5 in. (88.9 x 57.15 cm)
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Stabiles Study from Derrier le Miroir, Abstract Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alexander Calder, American (1898–1976)
Study for Sculpture II from Derriere Le Miroir
Date: 1975
Lithograph
Size: 15 in. x 22 in. (38.1 cm x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 23 x 30 inches
Prin...
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1960s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Acrobat in Heels, Framed Modern Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Acrobat in Heels from Derriere Le Miroir by Alexander Calder, American (1898–1976)
Date: 1975
Lithograph
Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm)
Printer: Maeght, Paris
Publisher: Maeght ...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir #221
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Derriere le Miroir #221
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #221
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Date: 1975
Edition: Unnumbered
Sheet Size: 15" x 22"
Image Siz...
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1970s Post-Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lo Oscuro Invade
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. It is initialed by Calder, signed by Carlos Franqui and numbered in pencil, from an edition of 500. Franqui was a Cuban author and po...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Color, Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir: Stabiles
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio with complete text is one of 150 deluxe numbered copies. It consists of 7 boldly colored lithographs and color lithograph cover. The sheets are loose as issued. Signed in p...
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1960s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Color, Lithograph
Cover of Derriere le Miroir #141 (Stabiles)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Medium: Original lithograph
Title: Cover (Derriere le Miroir #141)
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #141 (Stabiles)
Year: 1963
Edition: Unnumbered
Framed Size: ...
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1960s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled, 1947
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
“Untitled, 1947” (from Le Surrealisme)
Signed in the plate, lower left
Lithograph in Colors on Wove Paper
Sheet Size: 9 7/16 x 8" (24 x 20.3 cm...
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1940s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Snow-Plough (Chasse-neige) 1963 Lithograph in colors Plate 7, from DLM
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Alexander Calder
Snow-Plough (Chasse-neige)
1963
Lithograph in colors
Plate 7, from Derriere le Miroir #141
Unsigned
With the central fold, as issued
Edition of unknown
Sheet...
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1960s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Friendship - Alexander Calder from the Flying Colors Collection Signed in Plate
By Alexander Calder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Alexander Clader
Friendship
1974
Signed in the plate lower right
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder lithograph Derrière le miroir (Calder prints)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; well-preserved.
Unsigned from an edition of u...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir #221
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Derriere le Miroir #221
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #221
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Year: 1975
Edition: Unnumbered
Sheet Size: 15" x 11"
Image Siz...
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1970s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
1970's Alexander Calder lithographic cover (Derrière le miroir)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithographic cover from Derrière le miroir:
Lithographic cover; 1976.
11 x 15 inches (folding open to 15x22 inches).
Scattered surface and age related wear; in otherwise good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Published by: Galerie Maeght, Paris, c. 1976.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Looks fantastic framed.
Derrière le miroir:
In October 1945 the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opens his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. His beginning coincides with the end of Second World War and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France.
The publication was created in October 1946 (n°1) and published without interruption until 1982 (n°253). Its original articles and illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) who were famous at the time.
The lithographic publication covered only the artists exhibited by Maeght gallery either through personal or group exhibitions. Among them were, Pierre Alechinsky, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Saul Steinberg and Antoni Tapies.
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Alexander Calder -- Stabiles
By Alexander Calder
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alexander Calder
'Stabiles,' 1963.
Signed in pencil lower right.
Lithograph in Colours H.C.
Published by Maeght, Paris
Image: 70 x 51 cm
Frame: 94.5 x 75 x 5 cm
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1960s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Plate 5, from Derriere le Miroir #156
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Plate 5 (Derriere le Miroir #156)
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #156
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1966
Edition: Unnumbered
Framed Size: 22" x 29 1/4"
Imag...
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1960s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Plate 2, from Derriere Le Miroir #156
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Plate 2 (Derriere le Miroir #156)
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #156
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1966
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 21" x 29 1/4"
Image...
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Derriere le Miroir #221
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Cover, from Derriere le Miroir # 221
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #221
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Date: 1975
Edit...
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1970s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Pennants
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Pennants, 1965
Signed and numbered in pencil
Color lithograph
23 x 31 inches
Edition 55 of 110
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1960s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 Original lithograph created in 1976
Framed
Dimensions: 38 x 56 cm
Source: Derrière le m...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder lithograph derrière le miroir
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 u...
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1970s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Cover, from Derriere le Miroir #173
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Cover, from Derriere le Miroir #173
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #173
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1968
Edition: Un...
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1960s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir #141 (Stabiles V)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Alexander Calder Derriere le Miroir #141 (Stabiles V)
Artist: Alexander Calder
Medium: Original lithograph
Title: Stabiles V, Derriere le Miroir #141
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #1...
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1960s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
2 Original lithographs on the same paper (recto/verso, on both paper sides) produced in 1976
Conditions: Good Conditions
D...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Cover, from Derriere le Miroir #156
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Cover (Derriere le Miroir #156)
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #156
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1966
Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/4"
Sheet Size: 15" x 11"
I...
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1960s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Fêtes
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Complete set of 7 color aquatints on Arches. The deluxe edition of 25 signed by Calder and numbered, aside from the unsigned edition of 150. Each but one of the aquatints signed and ...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Color, Aquatint
Alexander Calder Lithographic cover 1966 (Calder Derrière le miroir)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithographic cover from Derrière le miroir c. 1966:
Lithographic cover sheet; 15 x 11 inches (folding out to 15 x 22inches; see image 2).
Very good overall vintage ...
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1960s Contemporary Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 Original lithograph created in 1976
Framed
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Source: Derrière le miroir (DLM), n°221, 1976
Alexand...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Red Pyramid
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
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 inch...
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1970s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
La Récolte (Harvest)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Aquatint (etching) on Rives BFK paper
Maeght Editeur, Paris
24.75 x 35 inches
Signed in pencil, "HC" apart from the edition of 90
Professionally framed...
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1960s Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
Original lithographs produced in 1976
Dimensions: 38 x 56 cm
Source: Derrière le miroir (...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled ‘Liz Nelson’
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Alexander Calder Untitled ‘Liz Nelson’, 1968 is a unique original pen and ink drawing on folio with a red banner that reads 'NOBILIS' is init...
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1940s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Ink, Pen
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 Original lithograph created in 1976
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Source: Derrière le miroir (DLM), n°221, 1976
Alexander Cald...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Alexander Calder Lithographic cover 1966 (Calder Derrière le miroir)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithographic cover from Derrière le miroir c. 1966:
Lithographic cover; 15 x 11 inches (folding out to 15 x 22inches; see image 2).
Very good overall vintage condit...
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1960s Pop Art Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Bestie - Alexander Calder Mint Condition from Flying Colors Collection
By Alexander Calder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Beastie
Year: 1974
Dimensions: 20in. by 26in.
Edition: From the rare limited edition
Suite: The Flying Colors Collection
Medium: Original lithograph o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 Original lithograph created in 1976
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Source: Derrière le miroir (...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder - Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 lithograph created in 1976
Source: Derrière le miroir (DLM), n°221, 1976
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 Original lithograph created in 1976
Framed
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Source: Derrière le m...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
By Alexander Calder
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - Behind the Mirror
1 Original lithograph created in 1976
Framed
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Source: Derrière le miroir (DLM), n°221, 1976
Alexand...
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1970s Modern Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Bonnet Phrygien et Barre de Fer
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
Bonnet Phrygien et Barre de Fer (Phrygian Cap and Iron Bar), 1974
Lithograph in colors on Chiffon de Mandeure paper, with full margins, framed
Maeght Editeur, Paris
29.5 x 43.3 inche...
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UNTITLED
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
This work of art is a lithograph on paper featuring abstract geometric shapes in primary colors.
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20th Century Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Triangles and Spiral
By Alexander Calder
Located in Missouri, MO
The Triangles and Spiral, 1973
By. Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Signed Lower Right
Numbered: 66/150
Unframed: 26 x 19.25 inches
Framed: 34 x 27 inches
Alexander Calder was born in Philadelphia in 1898. After obtaining his mechanical engineering degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology, Calder worked at various jobs before enrolling at the Art Students League in
New York City in 1923. During his student years, he did line drawing for the National Police Gazette.
In 1925, Calder published his first book, Animal Sketches...
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1970s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Acier du Constructeur
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Alexander Calder
Acier du Constructeur, 1965
Lithograph
21 7/16 × 29 3/8 in
54.5 × 74.6 cm
Edition of 75
Condition: This work is in excellent condition
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1960s Abstract Alexander Calder Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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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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- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024Alexander Calder mostly made sculptures, although he also worked in printmaking, painting, performance and other media. He is known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. Some of his most famous works include Cirque Calder, A Universe, Josephine Baker (III), Mobile (Arc of Petals), Devil Fish, Romulus and Remus and Fish. On 1stDibs, find a variety 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 16, 2024Alexander Calder used many of the elements of art when producing his works. The American sculptor is known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. These kinetic pieces use color, shape and space to convey a sense of unity, and the form of the art allows it to interact with its environment. Find a variety of Alexander Calder art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 24, 2024How much an Alexander Calder mobile is worth depends on its historical significance, size, condition and other factors. In 2012, his 1945 piece Lily of Force sold for $18.5 million at auction in New York City. The American sculptor is known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling. 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. If you're in possession of a Calder mobile, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer can help you determine how much it may be worth. On 1stDibs, explore a range of Alexander Calder art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are several interpretations of how to describe the characteristics of Alexander Calder’s sculptures. Some say they are abstract, with life-like elements, others say they are flat, simplified shapes that intersect at opposing angles. See the magic for yourself — shop a selection of Alexander Calder pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The term ‘mobile’, which was coined by Marcel Duchamp, was used to describe Alexander Calder’s work, as Calder’s sculptures often moved with the help of motors or wind. ‘Mobiles’ was a French pun which meant ‘motion’. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from Alexander Calder.
- 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.
- 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.
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