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Alexander Calder Lithograph
Alexander Calder Lithograph

Alexander Calder Lithograph

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H 31 in W 22 in

Alexander Calder Lithograph

Located in Ferndale, MI

Alexander Calder Lithograph Signed Calder EA in Pencil

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20th Century American Prints

Alexander Calder Untitled/Flowers Fences 1972 Magie Eolienne Portfolio
Alexander Calder Untitled/Flowers Fences 1972 Magie Eolienne Portfolio

Alexander Calder Untitled/Flowers Fences 1972 Magie Eolienne Portfolio

By Alexander Calder

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Numbered EA lower left Edition of 75 Dimensions: 25.5 in x 19.5 in Framed dimensions: 30 in x 24 in x 1in Included in Calder, Magie Eolienne.

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Vintage 1970s American Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Untitled
Untitled

Alexander CalderUntitled

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H 25.75 in W 38.75 in

Untitled

By Alexander Calder

Located in Palm Desert, CA

An abstract lithograph in vibrant red and yellow, outlined in black on a neutral background by Alexander Calder. Signed lower right, "Calder". Editioned lower left, "EA".

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Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

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Circles and Waves
Circles and Waves

Circles and Waves

By Alexander Calder

Located in Austin, TX

Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Circles and Waves Medium: Color Lithograph Year: 1970 Dimensions: 23 x 32.25 in (58 x 82 cm) Signed "Calder" lower right.

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

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Copeaux De Spirales (rare hand signed lithograph)
Copeaux De Spirales (rare hand signed lithograph)

Copeaux De Spirales (rare hand signed lithograph)

By Alexander Calder

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed lower right by Alexander Calder. Hand numbered EA lower left (aside from the main edition of 50).

Category

1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Calder"La guirlande" Color litho 1970 EA
Calder"La guirlande" Color litho 1970 EA

Calder"La guirlande" Color litho 1970 EA

By Alexander Calder

Located in Pasadena, CA

Lithograph on Arches paper. An Alexander Calder lithograph print. Llithograph printed in colors on paper Artist: Alexander Calder Medium: Lithograph in colors FRENCH EDITION EA Ep...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Untitled (from the Calder, Magie Eolienne portfolio)
Untitled (from the Calder, Magie Eolienne portfolio)

Untitled (from the Calder, Magie Eolienne portfolio)

By Alexander Calder

Located in Austin, TX

Numbered EA lower left Edition of 75 Dimensions: 25.5 in x 19.5 in Framed dimensions: 30 in x 24 in x 1in Included in Calder, Magie Eolienne.

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

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Untitled (Pyramids)
Untitled (Pyramids)

Untitled (Pyramids)

By Alexander Calder

Located in Palm Desert, CA

lithograph Signed lower right, "Calder". Editioned lower middle, "EA". Edition: EA

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Alexander Calder Pencil Signed "Spirals" Lithograph EA
Alexander Calder Pencil Signed "Spirals" Lithograph EA

Alexander Calder Pencil Signed "Spirals" Lithograph EA

By Alexander Calder

Located in Atlanta, GA

It is pencil signed Calder EA which stands for its French name, epreuve d'artist.

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Calder Ea For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate calder ea for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as a contemporary version. If you’re looking for a calder ea from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a calder ea to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, gray, black, white and more. There have been many interesting calder ea examples over the years, but those made by Alexander Calder, Jesús Rafael Soto and Yaacov Agam are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph, paper and screen print.

How Much is a Calder Ea?

A calder ea can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $12,000, while the lowest priced sells for $3,500 and the highest can go for as much as $38,954.

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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Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

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.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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