Alexander Calder CALDERS CIRCUS 1972 ORIGINAL POSTER Start Price USD 199.99 Current Price USD 199.99 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 24, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 Location Villa Park, Illinois See more about 'Alexander Calder CALDERS CIRCUS 1972 ORIGINAL POSTER' Description ARTIST: Alexander Calder   TITLE: Calder's Circus   MEDIUM/PAPER: lithograph/ hand-pulled   YEAR/ EDITION#: 1972/ this original edition was limited to 2000   SIGNED?: unsigned   IMAGE SIZE: 26W x 36H inches   PAPER SIZE: same   CONDITION: EXCELLENT    ADDITIONAL DETAILS: unframed/never framed.  This is not a reprint! This is the original 1972 limited release poster, hand-pulled by Calder for the opening of his world-reknowned Calder's Circus exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art April 20- June 11, 1972. Pictures 2, 3, and 4 are of the actual poster being auctioned. Extremely rare and in lovely condition!   ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:  ALEXANDER CALDER 7/22/1898-11/11/1976   Calder’s illustrious career spanned much of the 20th century, is the most acclaimed and influential sculptor of our time. Born in a family of celebrated, though more classically trained artists, Calder utilized his innovative genius to profoundly change the course of modern art. He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony. Calder also devoted himself to making outdoor sculpture on a grand scale from bolted sheet steel. Today, these stately titans grace public plazas in cities throughout the world. About strange-babies: strange-babies specializes in the sale of decorative arts, vintage clothing, and collectibles from the 20th Century and across the globe. 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