Original lithograph published in Maeght in 1963.  Framed with a satin back wood frame with conservation matting, protected by Tru Vue Conservation Clear® acrylic glazing. As with all of our framed art, the frame is new, created by an old-world master having over 30 years of experience framing fine art.  The print is in mint condition, having never been displayed, and once framed is stored in a controlled environment away from light.  Overall size with frame: 20 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches; mat opening size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches.  The print has an almost invisible center fold as issued.  Ready to hang.
 
Alexander Calder was a sculptor, renowned for his stabiles and mobiles he began creating in the 1930s. Calder’s vision was broad and groundbreaking, and his output was enormous, ranging from small figurines to large, architecturally related sculptures.  He was born in Philadelphia in 1898, the son of an academic sculptor.  Although trained as a mechanical engineer, he turned to art, and attended the Art Students League in New York City, where  he established himself as an illustrator and caricaturist.  While in Paris in 1926, he took up sculpture.  After working on wood pieces, he began to make circus figures composed of twisted wire, wheels, string, and cloth.  His miniature circus captured the attention of the avant-garde in Paris.  Inspited by the work of Joan Miró, Jean Arp, Fernand Léger, and Piet Mondrian, he created his first abstract stabiles in 1930.  From these early works and his interest in movement, Calder developed handcranked, motorized, and then wind-powered constructions that were dubbed ​“mobiles” by the French artist Marcel Duchamp.  These sculptures, usually painted in bold basic colors, turn, bob, and rotate, in a constantly changing relationship to the space around them.  Many of his sculptures were transformed into lithographs that remain quite popular.