ALEXANDER CALDER, BALLOONS, Original Lithograph Print, Signed & Dated '73 with CoA - $10K Apr Value!*

ALEXANDER CALDER, BALLOONS, Original Lithograph Print,  Signed & Dated '73, with Certificate of Authenticity Appraisal Value: $10K! Item Description 'Balloons, 1973' made by the artist Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976). Ten balloons in red, blue and black, signed and dated 'Calder 73' lower right. According to Guild records, this work was made in 1973 to benefit Spanish Refugee Aid and had an initial print run of 500 editions. It was subsequently published in later runs; it is virtually impossible to know if this example was part of the first run or of later runs. The American sculptor Alexander Calder is known as the father of 'mobiles', a moving artwork composed of delicately balanced sculptural forms suspended from the ceiling, also known as kinetic sculptures. Because his parents, both artists themselves, did not want him to suffer the hardships of trying to make a living in art, they encouraged the young Calder to study mechanical engineering at the Stevens. Calder lithogr