Alexander Calder

Fêtes

1971

Five blue balloons each show a red geometric symbol and have thin trailing strings.
Five blue balloons each show a red geometric symbol and have thin trailing strings.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 29 in. (46 × 73.7 cm) Sheet (folded): 18 1/8 × 13 1/2 in. (46 × 34.3 cm) Plate: 16 × 12 3/4 in. (40.6 × 32.4 cm)

Accession number
74.123.8

Edition
41/200

Publication
Printed by Adrien Maeght; published by Maeght Editeur

Credit line
Gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/37656

Part of a series:
Fêtes
8 works

Black circles sit above red and yellow triangular shapes against a bright blue rectangle.
A large black curving S-shape and a small red star on a yellow rectangle background.
A red six-pointed star above three black wavy shapes on a bright blue rectangle.
A large abstract black curving shape sits centered on a bright green rectangular field with white margins.
A red rectangular field contains a yellow five-pointed star and a black spiral.
Blue rectangular field with a red circle, white circle, and large black curved shape.
Bright yellow panel shows red triangular shapes falling above blue and black blocks beside a downward arrow.
Five blue balloons each show a red geometric symbol and have thin trailing strings.

Alexander Calder
185 works in the collection, 46 exhibitions

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