Newly Acquired
Flying Colors (Braniff portfolio of five lithographs)
Alexander Calder, 1974
- Cat.
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- Medium
- Portfolio of five lithographs in colors on wove paper, published by Braniff International Airlines
- Size
- Each sheet approx. 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm)
- Edition
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- Marks
- Each signed and dated "CA 74" in the plate; each with the embossed blindstamp of The Flying Colors Collection 1975
- Condition
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Provenance
- 2026Artemis Collection
About the work
Flying Colors (Braniff portfolio of five lithographs) is a Portfolio of five lithographs in colors on wove paper, published by Braniff International Airlines work by Alexander Calder, a edition, created in 1974. It measures Each sheet approx. 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm).
Alexander Calder (1898–1976), the American sculptor who invented the mobile, extended his vocabulary of bold primary colour and biomorphic form across prints, gouaches and, in the 1970s, a celebrated series of editioned tapestries woven in Central America.
As an editioned work, it offers a documented example of Alexander Calder's practice — the same sensibility that defines the larger body of work, issued in a form built for close looking.