Alexander Calder Color Lithograph "Red Sun," Circa 1968

Item Details

Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976)
Red Sun, circa 1968
Lithograph on paper
Signed in plate to lower right
Published by Collector’s Guild, New York
Documents attached to verso

Alexander Calder was an innovator in Modern art by creating a method of sculpting and wire bending to create “drawings in space.” Calder was an artist who resonated with the Futurists and Constructivists, as well as building blocks of early non-objective painting. Calder’s work is represented in the collections of numerous distinguished institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery, Washington, D. C.; Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; and Tate Gallery, London.

Condition

- some toning; minor marks near the edges; scattered accretions to the glazing; nicks and abrasions to the frame; scratches; some oxidation; tape remnants attached to verso; some detritus.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; sight measures 36.5" W x 24.75" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

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Item #

ITMGQ60840