Alexander Calder

ALEXANDER CALDER (United States, 1898–1976).
“Sala Gaspar.”
Lithograph, H.C. edition.
Signed and inscribed in pencil.
Measurements: 65.5 x 51 cm.

Work published in the catalog “Obra gráfica,” fig. 1 (Barcelona; Sala Gaspar, 1975). Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies.

Calder trained at the Art Students League of New York, and in 1926 he held his first painting exhibition at The Artist’s Gallery in New York. Before the year was out, he embarked on a journey through Europe, which allowed him to meet the leading figures of the time, such as Miró, Duchamp, and Mondrian. Calder is one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, with works in all the world’s major collections—from New York’s MoMA, where one of his sculptures adorns the main staircase, to UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Other institutions where his work is represented include the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the Städel in Frankfurt, the Kunstmuseum in Basel, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, and the Tate Gallery in London.