Alexander Calder

United States • 1898 - 1976
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Alexander Calder

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Print, Landscape, Alexander Calder

Landscape

Alexander Calder

Print - 76.7 x 111.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.2 x 44 x 0 inch

$14,915

Painting, Dice, Alexander Calder

Dice

Alexander Calder

Painting - 94 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 51 x 1 inch

$450,000

Print, L'albero del bene e del male, Alexander Calder

L'albero del bene e del male

Alexander Calder

Print - 88.5 x 64 cm Print - 34.8 x 25.2 inch

$5,068

Print, Girandola, Alexander Calder

Girandola

Alexander Calder

Print - 75.5 x 56 cm Print - 29.7 x 22 inch

$5,602

Print, Santa Claus, Alexander Calder

Santa Claus

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 x 0 inch

$1,566

Print, Santa Claus, Alexander Calder

Santa Claus

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 x 0 inch

$1,566

Print, Santa Claus, Alexander Calder

Santa Claus

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 x 0 inch

$1,566

Print, Portrait de Constantin Tacou, Alexander Calder

Portrait de Constantin Tacou

Alexander Calder

Print - 49 x 34 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.4 inch

$2,320

Print, Spirale millepiedi, Alexander Calder

Spirale millepiedi

Alexander Calder

Print - 84 x 56.6 cm Print - 33.1 x 22.3 inch

$5,277

Print, Comètes, Alexander Calder

Comètes

Alexander Calder

Print - 68 x 55 x 0.5 cm Print - 26.8 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch

$5,567

Print, Santa Klaus 5, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 5

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 inch

$2,088

Print, Derriere Le Miroir, Alexander Calder

Derriere Le Miroir

Alexander Calder

Print - 39 x 28 x 2 cm Print - 15.4 x 11 x 0.8 inch

$10,276

Print, Girandola, Alexander Calder

Girandola

Alexander Calder

Print - 75.5 x 56 cm Print - 29.7 x 22 inch

$6,031

Print, Sala Gaspar, Alexander Calder

Sala Gaspar

Alexander Calder

Print - 65 x 50 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$3,131

Print, Une famille de là-bas, Alexander Calder

Une famille de là-bas

Alexander Calder

Print - 53.5 x 76 cm Print - 21.1 x 29.9 inch

$4,140

Print, Couleurs au Choix, Alexander Calder

Couleurs au Choix

Alexander Calder

Print - 60.96 x 76.2 x 2 cm Print - 24 x 30 x 0.8 inch

$6,000

Print, Les Pyramides Grandes, Alexander Calder

Les Pyramides Grandes

Alexander Calder

Print - 74.9 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 43 x 0.1 inch

$12,000

Print, Constantin Tacou, Alexander Calder

Constantin Tacou

Alexander Calder

Print - 67 x 51 x 1 cm Print - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

$2,262

Print, Santa Claus, Alexander Calder

Santa Claus

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 x 0 inch

$1,566

Print, Fête de L'Humanité, Alexander Calder

Fête de L'Humanité

Alexander Calder

Print - 81.3 x 57.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 32 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,500

Print, Santa Klaus 2, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 2

Alexander Calder

Print - 53.2 x 66 cm Print - 20.9 x 26 inch

$2,088

Print, Santa Klaus 4, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 4

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 inch

$1,740

Print, Santa Klaus 3, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 3

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 inch

$2,088

Print, Santa Klaus 8, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 8

Alexander Calder

Print - 67 x 51 cm Print - 26.4 x 20.1 inch

$2,088

Print, Lettre "Z", Alexander Calder

Lettre "Z"

Alexander Calder

Print - 30 x 23.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 11.8 x 9.3 x 0 inch

$1,044

Print, Enfoncez le mot, Alexander Calder

Enfoncez le mot

Alexander Calder

Print - 37.5 x 28 cm Print - 14.8 x 11 inch

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Print, From D.L.M. (joueur de cartes), Alexander Calder

From D.L.M. (joueur de cartes)

Alexander Calder

Print - 38.7 x 27.9 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 inch

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Print, Untitled, Alexander Calder

Untitled

Alexander Calder

Print - 74.8 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Hommage à San Lazzaro, Alexander Calder

Hommage à San Lazzaro

Alexander Calder

Print - 35.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Print - 14 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Santa Klaus 9, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 9

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 inch

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Print, Santa Klaus 1, Alexander Calder

Santa Klaus 1

Alexander Calder

Print - 67 x 51 cm Print - 26.4 x 20.1 inch

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Print, Red Boomerang, Alexander Calder

Red Boomerang

Alexander Calder

Print - 45.5 x 56.5 cm Print - 17.9 x 22.2 inch

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Print, Albi, Alexander Calder

Albi

Alexander Calder

Print - 82 x 61.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 32.3 x 24.2 x 0.2 inch

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Print, Pennants, Alexander Calder

Pennants

Alexander Calder

Print - 58.4 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Print - 23 x 31 x 1 inch

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Print, Chaussette Rouge, Alexander Calder

Chaussette Rouge

Alexander Calder

Print - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

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Biography

Alexander Calder, a major sculptor of the abstract movement, was born in Lawton, Pennsylvania, 1898, and passed away in New York, 1976. As a child, Calder enjoyed building things and went on to study mechanical engineering. His engineering background later gave him the knowledge to develop the mechanisms of his sculptures. In 1923, he decided to devote himself fully to art and went to New York in pursuit of fine art studies.

His first freehand drawings depicting athletes, acrobats, and street scenes, which were early indicators of his sculptural style. He drew animals at the zoo and began taking a keen interest in motion, movement, and animation. In 1929, Calder moved to Paris and met some of the most important artists of the time, including Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and Joan Miró.


Upon seeing Piet Mondrian's colored squares for the first time in 1930, Calder had a genuine revelation. He imagined them floating in space; movement later became the main “material" of his work. He embraced geometric abstraction and produced moving wire sculptures, or "mobiles" as Marcel Duchamp called them. They broke completely with the dense and imposing sculptures of the time as Calder's works are distinguished by their lightness. This marked the beginning of kinetic art; even if Calder's goal was not so much movement yet, but the search for balance, symmetry, silence, lightness, and subtlety.


From 1933 onwards, Alexander Calder's works received critical and public acclaim, particularly his painting "La Fontaine de Mercure", shown at the Universal Exhibition in 1937. In 1952, he received the Grand Prize at the Venice Biennale, and in 1964 the Guggenheim dedicated a major retrospective to him. His influence still resonates in modern days: in 2016, the Tate Modern held a major retrospective on the legendary sculptor.

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The year of birth of the artist is: 1898