Alexander Calder, (after) - Sala Gaspar ** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT 1973 **

Original lithographic poster by Alexander Calder (*)
This work was issued to accompany the artist's solo exhibition at Sala Gaspar, in Barcelona, in May 1972.

** LAST REMAINING COPIES **

Specifications:

Dimensions: 75 x 56 cm
Year: 1973
Condition: Very Good (Shows a slight overall yellowing due to age. Nevertheless, this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, so it is offered in very good condition).
Provenance: Private collection.

The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. The shipment will be shipped with a tracking number.

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Alexander Calder (Philadelphia, United States, 1898 - New York, 1976) was born into a family of artists, but did not initially feel inclined toward art and studied mechanical engineering, which later proved very useful. He did not enroll in an art school until 1923, where he began by making quick sketches of passersby.
Influenced by abstract artists such as Piet Mondrian, Jean Arp, and Joan Miró, in 1931 he joined the Abstraction-Creation group, and in the same year he created a work that Marcel Duchamp dubbed a mobile. It is precisely the mobiles that elevated Calder to the very heights of modern sculpture. With them he sought to create abstract works endowed with movement, which would reflect, thanks to their dynamism, the changing effects of light.

He produced mobiles of very different sizes, some gigantic, in which he used colored brass pieces of abstract shapes, joined by wires or cords; usually suspended from the ceiling, due to their light weight they were easily moved by the air.

With these works, he was the first to incorporate movement into a work of art and became a pioneer of kinetic art. Notably Steel Fish and Red Petals stand out.
The great success of the mobiles explains why the creator received commissions from diverse countries and that his works adorn some of the world’s major cities.

He also produced stabiles, non-moving sculptures, large and dark-colored, which often depict monsters or strange animals. Referring to his mobiles, Alexander Calder once said that with them he had intended to give life and movement to the works of Piet Mondrian, which he had the opportunity to see in person and which left a profound impression on him.