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ALEXANDER CALDER
The Circus
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Color lithograph, 1975. 665x949 mm; 26x38 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered
80/125 in pencil, lower margin. Published by Maeght, Paris. A very good impression.
During the spring of 1925, Calder spent two weeks in NewYork illustrating the Ringling
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and during the winter of 1925 sketched the
Sarasota, Florida, training camp of the Ringling circus. Subsequently, in Paris in 1936 he
developed the
Cirque Calder
. His career-long interest in the circus continued to the later
graphic works.
[1,500/2,500]
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ALEXANDER CALDER
Lion Tamer
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Color lithograph, circa 1974. 530x710 mm; 20
3
/
4
x28 inches, full margins. Signed and
numbered 23/75 in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression.
[1,500/2,500]
119 ALEXANDER CALDER
Derrière le Miroir: Stabiles
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Portfolio with complete text, 7 color lithographs (3 double-page) and color lithograph
cover, 1963. 380x280 mm; 15x11 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.
One of 150 deluxe numbered copies. Signed in pencil and numbered 22 on the justification
page. Printed by Maeght, Paris. Published by Derrière le Miroir, Paris. Original blue
portfolio and slipcase.Very good impressions with strong colors.
[2,000/3,000]
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