Limited Deluxe Edition of Derriere le Miroir: Calder Stabiles, Signed by Calder

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Alexander Calder. DERRIER LE MIROIR: CALDER STABILES. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1963. No. 48 of 150 copies printed on Velin de Rives; signed by Calder in pencil on the limitation page. Folded sheets loose in pictorial wraps, as issued; presented in a blue paper-covered boards folder with black lettering on the spine, in matching slipcase with paper label on the front. Folio; with (8) lithographs by Calder including (4) single-page, (3) double-page, and lithographic wraps; with copyright, title, limitation, text (in French), lithographs, facsimile of handwritten text, and note about the cover laid in loose.

In slipcase 15 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Dorothy and Morris Margolin

All lithographs present, but lacking final two folded sheets with black-and-white photographs and portrait of the artist; boards with spine sunned; wraps with toning, mild foxing, and minor wear to spine; sheets with toning, offsetting, very light age and handling wear, and one page with pencil notation; light wear to slipcase, the paper label with a tiny corner chip. A beautiful example of this rare deluxe edition.