Mobile et Lithographies (Mobiles/Kinetic Sculptures and Lithographs)
Alexander Calder
Maeght Gallery, 1974
Original linocut
60 x 77cm
Framed

Collection is preferred for this work (from either our workshop in Birtley or our city centre gallery in Newcastle) because to post it we would need to reglaze the work in acrylic to ensure the glass doesn’t break on the way. This is possible, but this is the reason why the shipping cost is a little higher for this work.

This original linocut was produced by Alexander Calder for Mobile et Lithographies (Mobiles/Kinetic Sculptures and Lithographs) exhibition at Maeght Gallery in 1974.

Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) was an American sculptor who is best known for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic and his monumental public sculptures.

Born into a family of artists, Calder's work first gained attention in Paris in the 1920s and was soon championed by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, resulting in a retrospective exhibition in 1943. Major retrospectives were also held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1964) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1974).

Calder's work is in many permanent collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Although primarily known for his sculpture, Calder also created paintings and prints, miniatures (such as his famous Cirque Calder), theater set design, jewelry design, tapestries and rugs, and political posters.

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