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Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Arts & Graphics / Alexander Calder, (after) - Sala Gaspar ** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT 1973 **
Original lithographic poster by Alexander Calder (*) This work was issued to coincide with the artist's solo exhibition at Sala Gaspar, in Barcelona, in May 1972. ** LAST FEW REMAINING COPIES ** Specifications: Dimensions: 75 x 56 cm Year: 1973 Condition: Very Good (Shows slight overall yellowing due to age. Nevertheless, this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, and is therefore offered in very good condition). Provenance: Private Collection. The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. The shipment will be certified with a tracking number. The shipment will also include transportation insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer. (*) Alexander Calder (Philadelphia, United States, 1898 - New York, 1976) was born into a family of artists, but initially did not feel drawn to art and studied mechanical engineering, which later proved very useful. He did not enroll in an art school until 1923, where he began sketching quick drawings of passersby. Influenced by abstract artists such as Piet Mondrian, Jean Arp and Joan Miró, in 1931 he joined the Abstraction-Creation group, and in the same year created a work that Marcel Duchamp named a mobile. It is precisely the mobiles that elevated Calder to the highest peaks of modern sculpture. With them he aimed to create abstract, moving works that, thanks to their dynamism, reflected the changing effects of light. He produced mobiles of very different sizes, some gigantic, in which he used colored brass pieces in abstract shapes, connected by wires or ropes; usually suspended from the ceiling, their light weight allowed them to be easily moved by the air. With these works, he was the first to introduce movement into a work of art and became a precursor of kinetic art. Notably Steel Fish and Red Petals stand out. Calder's great success with his mobiles explains why he received commissions from various countries and why his works adorn some of the world’s major cities. He also created stabiles, non-moving sculptures, large and dark in color, often depicting monsters or strange animals. Referring to his mobiles, Alexander Calder once said that with them he intended to give life and movement to the works of Piet Mondrian, which he had the opportunity to view in person and which had a deep impact on him.
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