Alexander Calder
IEXA: Strings and Red Ball, 1969
Original lithograph
Published by Maeght
Hand-signed in pencil
Numbered 90/125
Size: 57 x 45 cm (c. 23 x 18 in)
Condition: The artwork is in Excellent condition
A certificate of Authenticity is included

Description: One of fifteen original lithographs, signed and numbered by the artist, commissioned to illustrate the portfolio’s text ‘El Circulo de Piedra’ by Carlos Franqui. Franqui was a Cuban revolutionary, a friend of both Castro and Guevara and editor of the Cuban National Newspaper, before his split with the regime over their lack of tolerance. From 90/125 Edition.

Calder wrote “I have chiefly limited myself to the use of black and white as being the most disparate colours. Red is the colour most opposed to both of these— and then, finally, the other primaries. The secondary colours and intermediate shades serve only to confuse and muddle the distinctness and clarity.” His limited colour palette has created a graphic take on a well-known location.

Excellent