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Alexander Calder - Transworld Art International Art Fair, Tel Aviv, 1977 poster
Alexander Calder - Transworld Art International Art Fair, Tel Aviv, 1977 poster

Alexander Calder - Transworld Art International Art Fair, Tel Aviv, 1977 poster

By Alexander Calder

Located in New York, NY

Offset lithograph poster published by the Transworld Art Fair in Tel Aviv The work depicted in the image is Calder's "Boomerang", 1973 Plate (printed) signature Unframed ALEXANDER CA...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Boomerang

Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in Miami, FL

Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in the plate ***ITEM WILL SHIP UNFRAM...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Boomerang, 1974
Boomerang, 1974

Alexander CalderBoomerang, 1974, 1974

$16,000Sale Price|20% Off

Boomerang, 1974

By Alexander Calder

Located in Miami, FL

Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in pencil, "A.P." apart from the edit...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Boomerang" Abstract Biomorphic Lithograph in Colors, 1974
"Boomerang" Abstract Biomorphic Lithograph in Colors, 1974

"Boomerang" Abstract Biomorphic Lithograph in Colors, 1974

By Alexander Calder

Located in Astoria, NY

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) "Boomerang", Lithograph in Colors on Arches Paper, 1974, signed in the plate, from the edition of 750 published by Transworld Art, New York, pr...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

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Yin, Yang, Spiral and Red Boomerang
Yin, Yang, Spiral and Red Boomerang

Yin, Yang, Spiral and Red Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in Santa Monica, CA

This Original lithograph, 78 of 90, (h) 30" x (w) 22", is from the Private Estate of Barbara DeVorzon. It is framed in the original metal box frame from 1973. It is signed and printe...

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1970s Bauhaus Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Boomerang

Alexander CalderBoomerang, 1974

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H 43.3 in W 29.5 in

Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in Miami, FL

Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in the plate ***ITEM WILL SHIP UNFRAM...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph
Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

By Alexander Calder

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Colour offset lithograph. Placard for the International Art Fair 1977 in Tel Aviv. Signed in print. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living roo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph
Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

By Alexander Calder

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Colour offset lithograph. Placard for the International Art Fair 1977 in Tel Aviv. Signed in print. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living roo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph
Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

By Alexander Calder

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Colour offset lithograph. Placard for the International Art Fair 1977 in Tel Aviv. Signed in print. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph
Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

Alexander Calder - "Boomerang Tel Aviv" - colour offset lithograph

By Alexander Calder

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Colour offset lithograph. Placard for the International Art Fair 1977 in Tel Aviv. Signed in print. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Alexander Calder Color Lithograph "Boomerang"
Alexander Calder Color Lithograph "Boomerang"

Alexander Calder Color Lithograph "Boomerang"

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Alexander Calder Color Lithograph "Boomerang"

By (after) Alexander Calder

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Alexander Calder lithograph in colors "Boomerang". Signed in plate lower right.

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Vintage 1970s American Modern Prints

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Glass, Paper

Boomerang

Alexander CalderBoomerang, 1974

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H 43.3 in W 29.5 in

Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in Miami, FL

Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in the plate Professionally framed A...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Boomerang

Alexander CalderBoomerang, 1974

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H 43.3 in W 29.5 in

Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in Miami, FL

Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in the plate ***ITEM WILL SHIP UNFRAM...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Boomerang

Alexander CalderBoomerang, 1974

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H 43.3 in W 29.5 in

Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in Miami, FL

Boomerang, 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Published by Transworld Art, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris 29.5 x 43.3 inches Signed in the plate, edition of 750 copies ...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Boomerang

Alexander CalderBoomerang, 1974

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H 43 in W 29.5 in

Boomerang

By Alexander Calder

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this large color lithograph on Arches. Edition of 750. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Transworld Art, New York.

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

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Composition (Red Boomerang)
Composition (Red Boomerang)

Composition (Red Boomerang)

By Alexander Calder

Located in Austin, TX

Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Composition (Red Boomerang) Medium: Color Lithograph Year: 1962 Dimensions: 19.75 x 25.5 in Condition: Very Good Signed and numbered 104/300 in pencil...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

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Composition (Blue Boomerang with Red, Black and Yellow Shapes)
Composition (Blue Boomerang with Red, Black and Yellow Shapes)

Composition (Blue Boomerang with Red, Black and Yellow Shapes)

By Alexander Calder

Located in Austin, TX

Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Composition (Blue Boomerang with Red, Black and Yellow Shapes) Year: 1962 Medium: Lithograph Signed lower right, Calder.

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

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Boomerang Night

Alexander CalderBoomerang Night, 1965

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H 28.25 in W 42.25 in

Boomerang Night

By Alexander Calder

Located in New York, NY

Signed and dated lower right: "Calder 65" Titled on verso: "Boomerang Night"

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Gouache, Paper

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Alexander Calder for sale on 1stDibs

The American sculptor Alexander Calder is known as the father of the mobile, a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling.

Because Calder's parents, both artists themselves, did not want him to suffer the hardships of trying to make a living in art, they encouraged the young Calder to study mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, New Jersey. He worked a number of jobs, including as a hydraulic engineer and draftsman for the New York Edison Company, before deciding to pursue an artistic career. He never abandoned his engineering background, however, applying his understanding of gears and moving parts in all his artworks, from mechanical toys like the Cirque Calder (1931) and his revered prints to his free-standing abstract sculptures, called stabiles.

In 1926, Calder moved to Paris and established a studio in the Montparnasse quarter. He began creating the many parts of his famous miniature circus from found materials, such as wire, string, cloth, rubber and cork. Designed to be transportable, Cirque grew to fill five suitcases over the years. Always interested in putting forms in motion, Calder also pioneered a new art form called wire sculptures, which he described as “drawings in space.” Like his famous mobiles, the wire sculptures were suspended so that they turned with any movement of the air, presenting different forms when viewed from different angles.

In the 1950s, Calder returned to his roots in mechanical engineering, creating monumental abstract sculptures that verged on the architectural. He worked from loose gestural drawings like this preparatory sketch for his Man Stabile, from 1966. Throughout his career, he also worked as a set designer for the theater, as well as an illustrator and printmaker, producing vibrant, whimsical drawings for books and journals.

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Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

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