Alexander Calder (1898-1976) - Composition

Alexander CALDER - Composition

Original lithograph in 3 colours on wove paper, unsigned.

Especially created by the artist in 1952 for the édition XXe Siècle in Paris, France.

Printed by the Mourlot studios in Paris, France

Edition: 1500

Alexander Calder was an American sculptor whose work transformed 20th-century art through the introduction of kinetic sculpture. His mobiles—delicately balanced structures of wire, sheet metal, and color—use air currents to create continuous, natural movement, turning sculpture into something dynamic rather than static. Alongside these moving works, he created stabiles, large stationary structures often installed in public spaces, marked by sweeping steel forms and bold simplicity. Early in his career he developed “drawings in space,” wire sculptures that outlined forms with linear precision, almost like three-dimensional sketches. Calder’s visual language is characterized by biomorphic shapes, primary colors, and a sense of rhythm, balance, and playfulness. Beyond sculpture, he produced paintings, tapestries, gouaches, and numerous prints, extending his abstract vocabulary into graphic form. His work occupies a central place in modernism, bridging abstraction, movement, and design with a distinctive and immediately recognizable aesthetic.