Alexander Calder Gallery

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Current Artists

  • Alexander Calder

    1968

    "Untitled ("Composition")"

    Inscription: "Numbered "E.A." signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 24.8" x 18.9"
    Condition: Very Good
    Subject: Abstract (Mobile-Stabiles/Standing Mobiles)
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1970

    "Flowers at the Fence"

    Inscription: "Numbered "E.A." and signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 25.2" x 18.9"
    Condition: Fair
    Subject: Colored flowers in front of a fence
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1970

    "Pyramids and Sun"

    Inscription: "Numbered "E.A." signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: N/A
    Condition: Very Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1970

    "Pyramids and Spirals"

    Inscription: "Numbered "E.A." signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 29.5" x 43"
    Condition: Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1970

    "Pinwheels and Pyramids"

    Inscription: "Nubmered "E.A." signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 29.5" x 43.5"
    Condition: Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1970

    "Untitled" ("Swirl")

    Inscription: "Numbered "38/120" signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 44.2" x 30.8"
    Condition: Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1970

    "Untitled"

    Inscription: "Numbered "16/90" signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 23" x 31"
    Condition: Very Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1973

    "Environment and Evolution"

    Inscription: "Numbered "110/125" signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 26.6" x 38.5"
    Condition: Very Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints

  • Alexander Calder

    1974

    "Galactic System" ("Onions")"

    Inscription: "Numbered "XXXXIX / L", signed "Calder" in pencil"
    Type: Lithograph
    Measurements: 20.5" x 28.2"
    Condition: Good
    Subject: Abstract
    Provenance: Georgean's Gallery, Mpls, MN
    Category: Prints
  • Biography
  • 1976 Died: in New York, NY
  • 1967 - 1968 Sculpture commissions for Expo '67 in Montreal and 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City
  • 1957 - 1958 Received several commissions for large-scale public sculpture, including a mobile for JFK Airport commissioned by Port Authority of New York and a stabile for UNESCO Paris headquarters
  • 1952 Awarded grand prize for sculpture, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
  • 1949 Constructed largest mobile to date, hung over main stairwell of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1939 Commissioned to make mobile installed in main stairwell of Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • 1933 Moved back to the U.S. and buys house in Roxbury, CT
  • 1931 Settled in Paris, France
  • 1926 Attended Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France
  • 1925 Employed at Central Park Zoo and Bronx Zoo, New York, NY
  • 1923 Moved to New York, NY and attended Art Students League
  • 1923 Worked as illustrator for newspapers and advertisers
  • 1919 Graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ
  • 1919 Worked as engineer at logging camp in Washington state
  • 1909 Parents provide him with a workshop at age eleven
  • 1898 Born: in Philadelphia, PA
  • Literature
  • 2005 Rosenthal, Mark, and Alexander S. C. Rower. The Surreal Calder. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection, 2005
  • 1998 Guerrero, Pedro E. Calder at Home. The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998
  • 1998 Prather, Marla. Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998
  • 1966 Calder, Alexander. An Autobiography With Pictures. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966
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