Alexander Calder - Editions Modern: Online Auction New York Friday, June 5, 2020 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, California

  • Artist Biography

    Alexander Calder

    American • 1898 - 1976

    Alexander Calder worked as an abstract sculptor and has been commonly referred to as the creator of the mobile. He employed industrious materials of wire and metal and transformed them into delicate geometric shapes that respond to the wind or float in air. Born into a family of sculptors, Calder created art from childhood and moved to Paris in 1926, where he became a pioneer of the international avant-garde. In addition to his mobiles, Calder produced an array of public constructions worldwide as well as drawings and paintings that feature the same brand of abstraction. Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania.

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Grande composition fond jaune (Large Composition with Yellow Background)

1970
Lithograph in colors, on Chiffon de Mandeure paper, the full sheet.
S. 29 1/4 x 45 1/8 in. (74.3 x 114.6 cm)
Signed and numbered 96/100 in pencil, with occasional soft handling creases (mainly visible in raking light), occasional minor surface soiling at the sheet edges, stray ink at the lower right and upper left sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, framed.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Sold for $6,875

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Editions Modern: Online Auction

Online Auction 5 - 15 June 2020