ALEXANDER CALDER BALLOONS, 1973 COLORED LITHOGRAPH, AMERICAN
DETAILS:
- ARTIST: Alexander Calder
- BIRTH: American, (1898-1976),
- TITLE: Balloons, 1973,
- SIGNED: Estate ink stamp of artist (verso: upper middle center) in red.
- MEDIUM: lithograph in colors. Deckled edge.
- SIZE: 30.5 x 23 In. (artwork) / Unframed.
- CONDITION: Ultra light foxing along top edge, overall very good, normal wear commensurate with age.
- PROVENANCE: From the Collector's Guild Ltd., New York.
BACKGROUND:
American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) changed the course of modern art by developing an innovative method of sculpting, bending, and twisting wire to create three-dimensional “drawings in space.” Resonating with the Futurists and Constructivists, as well as the language of early nonobjective painting, Calder’s mobiles (a term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1931 to describe his work) consist of abstract shapes made of industrial materials––often poetic and gracefully formed and at times boldly colored––that hang in an uncanny, perfect balance. He has had several retrospectives, and, among many other awards, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Bicentennial Artist Award from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in 1976. He died that same year, at 78 years old.

Ultra light foxing along top edge, overall very good, normal wear commensurate with age.