Circus
Alexander Calder (Philadelphia 1898 - New York 1976)
Lot-No. 443
Proceeds : 1.900 €
1994. 16 offset lithograph. 32 bis 43 x 33,5 bis 43 cm. On the colophon up. middle autographed and num. Calder XXII, all prints lo. ri. sign. and dat. in print Calder 1921/32. Complete edition in original box with foreword by Joan Miró and Cleve Gray. - A copy out of 100 numbered in roman numerals. - US sculptor from a family of artists, studied painting in New York 1923-26 a. worked as commercial artist. In 1926 he went to Paris where he shared a studio with A. Breker and created the first of his famous kinetic sculptures that were later named 'Mobiles' by M. Duchamp. At the Académie de la Grande Chaumière he met P. Mondrian and F. Legér. In 1931 he had his first solo exhibition in Paris, later he exhibited also at the Documenta I to III. Sometimes his works refer to those of his friend J. Miró. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Guggenheim, Metrop. Mus., Whitney), Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Paris, Washington, Zürich a. others. Lit.: Saur, Vollmer a. others.
Alexander Calder: Circus
Alexander Calder (Philadelphia 1898 - New York 1976)
Circus
Lot-No. 443
Proceeds : 1.900 €
1994. 16 offset lithograph. 32 bis 43 x 33,5 bis 43 cm. On the colophon up. middle autographed and num. Calder XXII, all prints lo. ri. sign. and dat. in print Calder 1921/32. Complete edition in original box with foreword by Joan Miró and Cleve Gray. - A copy out of 100 numbered in roman numerals. - US sculptor from a family of artists, studied painting in New York 1923-26 a. worked as commercial artist. In 1926 he went to Paris where he shared a studio with A. Breker and created the first of his famous kinetic sculptures that were later named 'Mobiles' by M. Duchamp. At the Académie de la Grande Chaumière he met P. Mondrian and F. Legér. In 1931 he had his first solo exhibition in Paris, later he exhibited also at the Documenta I to III. Sometimes his works refer to those of his friend J. Miró. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Guggenheim, Metrop. Mus., Whitney), Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Paris, Washington, Zürich a. others. Lit.: Saur, Vollmer a. others.
