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Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is the most acclaimed and influential sculptor of our time. He
began by developing a new method of sculpting by bending and twisting wire and essentially
drawing three-dimensional figures in space. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile,
whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony. Calder worked
in a time of artistic upheaval and dared to concern his aesthetic revolution with a somewhat
taboo topic in the art world – fun. His prolific and passionate output of paintings, lithographs,
sculpture and toys brought with it a humor and sense of play unlike any that came before. He
ignored the formal structure of what art could be. His first New York exhibition was in 1928 and
along with subsequent exhibitions in Paris and Berlin, Calder gained international recognition as
a significant artist. Working in the abstract style, in 1932 he exhibited his first moving sculpture
in an exhibition organized by Marcel Duchamp, who coined the word “mobile.” From the 40’s
on, Calder’s works were mainly large-scale outdoor sculptures that have been placed in virtually
every major city in the Western world.
Being influenced by Mondrian and Miro, Calder’s paintings exhibit the same sense of buoyancy,
wit and whimsy as his sculpture and convey a sense of movement through the use of a single,
unbroken line. The shape, color and abstraction employed by Calder capture lifelike movement
imbued with consistent joy. Alexander Calder is a giant in modern art and had a long, prolific
career producing more that 16,000 works of art, an average of one work a day for 50 years.

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Rising Sun, Sickle Moon
Signed and dated lower right Calder 67
Gouache on paper
29 3/8 x 43 in.
Painted in 1967

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Black Spiral
Signed and dated lower right Calder 61
Gouache on paper
21 x 29 1/2 in.
Painted in 1961
Provenance:
Purchased 1976 Bowles Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private Collection, CA

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Les Pyramides Grandes
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 86/95 lower left
Color lithograph
30 x 43 in.
Edition 86/95
Executed circa 1973

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Homage to the Sun
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 111/150 lower left
Color lithograph
26 1/4 x 38 5/8 in.
Edition 111/150
Executed in 1973

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Deux Tetes
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 19/90 lower left
Color lithograph
18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.
Edition 19/90
Executed in 1970

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 59/100 lower left
Color lithograph
20 3/8 x 28 1/4 in.
Edition 59/100

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Le Memoire Elementaire
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 71/100 lower left
Color lithograph
20 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.
Edition 71/100
Executed in 1976

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Cinq Boules e Deux Serpents
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 63/100 lower left
Color lithograph
21 x 29 in.
Edition 63/100
Executed in 1976

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Black Pyramids
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 63/100 lower left
Color lithograph
23 x 30 3/4 in.
Edition 63/100
Executed in 1970

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Papouse
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 18/75 lower left
Color lithograph
29 1/2 x 43 in.
Edition 18/75

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Butterflies and Spirals
Signed Calder lower right and initialed EA lower left
Color lithograph
26 x 38 1/2 in.
Edition EA

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Sunrise
Signed Calder lower right and numbered 8/125 lower left
Color lithograph
20 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.
Edition 8/125

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Stones
Signed Calder lower right
and numbered 174/200 lower left
Color lithograph
26 1/4 x 20 in.
Edition 174/200

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Balloons
Signed Calder lower right
and numbered 27/100 lower left
Color lithograph
26 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.
Edition 27/100

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Pyramids
Signed Calder lower right
and numbered 20/200 lower left
Color lithograph
29 x 21 1/2 in.
Edition 20/200

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Puppets
Signed Calder lower right and initialed EA lower left
Color lithograph
22 x 29 1/2 in.
Edition of 100 plus proofs, 10 EA and 10 HC
Executed in 1975

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