Derriere le Miroir #190 (Plate 1)
by Alexander Calder

Artist: Alexander Calder

Size: 11 x 15 INCH

Year: 1971

Condition: Very good

Frame: See description

Art Movements: contemporary

Signature: Unsigned

Edition: n/a

Price: POA

Medium: Engraving Lithography

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Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) is one of the most acclaimed and influential sculptors of the twentieth century. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, a kinetic construction of suspended abstract elements that describe individual movements, moving and balancing in changing harmony. Calder also devoted himself to making outdoor sculpture on a grand scale from bolted sheets of steel, many of which stand in public plazas in cities throughout the world. In addition to sculptures, Calder painted throughout his career, beginning in the early 1920s. He picked up his study of printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926, and continued to produce illustrations for books and journals. As Calder’s sculpture moved into the realm of pure abstraction in the mid-1930s, so did his prints. Calder also created 1,800 pieces of jewelry over the course of his career, many of them as gifts for friends and relatives. Several pieces reflect his fascination with art from Africa and other continents. They were mostly made of brass and steel, with bits of ceramic, wood and glass. Calder rarely used solder; when he needed to join strips of metal, he linked them with loops, bound them with snippets of wire or fashioned rivets.

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