ALEXANDER CALDER (AMERICAN 1898-1976)
BLACK AND RED
£575
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Lithograph, 1963, from the special edition of Derrière le Miroir, dedicated to Calder, unframed
and two further lithographs from the same publication, including the cover
Dimensions
38cm x 55.5cm (15in x 21.75in), full sheet
Footnote
Biography
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor best known for his innovative mobiles, a type of carefully balanced kinetic sculpture powered by motors or air currents, and his monumental public sculptures.
Calder's work first gained attention in Paris in the 1920s and soon he was exhibiting his work internationally. The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a retrospective exhibition of his work in 1943, followed by further major retrospectives held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1964) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1974).
Although he is primarily known for his mobiles, Calder also worked in paint, print, jewellery, fabric and rug, and miniature sculpture (such as his famous Cirque Calder).
Calder's work is in many international permanent collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Centre Georges Pompidou.