Galactic System By Cynthia Klein

CYNTHIA KLEIN EXPLORES

GALACTIC SYSTEM

BY ALEXANDER CALDER

Before turning to art, Alexander Calder applied his engineering degree to various related jobs after graduation. At one time he was employed as a fireman in a ship's boiler room. While working aboard the ship, he awoke one morning to witness on deck simultaneously a sunrise and full moon, each visible on opposite horizons. This experience made a powerful impression on the artist. The sun and moon, as well as other cosmological imagery, became recurring themes he would explore in his art throughout his career.

In addition to creating sculptures, paintings, jewelry and set designs, toward the end of his life Calder became an avid printmaker. With its energetic interplay of overlapping imagery made up of primary colors, bold black lines and flattened biomorphic forms, Galactic System, a color lithograph created in 1974, two years before his death, conveys the energy and movement of his iconic sculptural work.

PRINTS & MULTIPLES - OCTOBER

Alexander Calder

GALACTIC SYSTEM Color lithograph, 1974, on Arches paper, signed and n umbered 74/100 in pencil, numbered 32/100, published by Éditions de la Différence, Paris, the full sheet, unframed. Sheet 20 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches; 521 x 718 mm. C $1,500-2,500

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