Emporium Auctions
Fri, Jul 19, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 256
Alexander Calder
Estimate: $400 - $600
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(New York, 1898-1976)Taking Off for the Sun-With Flying Colors, 1976, artist's proof, inscribed and signed lower right "To Eugenia Sheppard Calder", image commissioned by Braniff International Airways, lithograph on paper, 25 x 34 in.; metal frame, Note: Braniff International Airways commissioned Alexander Calder to use the exterior of one of their Boeing 727-200s as a canvas. This commission served as celebration of the United States' 200th year. The plane and associated brochures are titled "Flying Colors of the United States." Calder inscribed this print to Eugenia Sheppard, who was an influential fashion columnist involved in New York's art community in the 1960's through the 1980's. The signature reveals an already ill Calder who died of a heart attack in 1976, the year this print was made.
faded, toning; frame with abrasions
Condition
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