Alexander Calder Lithograph on Paper "Red Sun"

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A lithograph on paper titled Red Sun by well-list artist Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976). Executed in 1968, Depicted is a large red circle and a black sunbeam shape with a face. This piece is signed “Calder 68” in plate to the lower right corner. This work is presented unmounted and unframed.

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

- toning, foxing, and water strains along edges of paper; warping on paper due to exposure to water.

Dimensions

- measures ground; image measures 31.50" W x 24.25" H.

Item #

18IND050-271