May 11, 2017 - Sale 2447

Sale 2447 - Lot 128

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ALEXANDER CALDER
Stars and Stripes.

Color lithograph, 1975. 602x632 mm; 24 7/823 3/4 inches (sheet), full margins. Signed and numbered 22/100 in pencil, lower margin. Published by Braniff Airways, Dallas. A very good impression.

This is the deluxe edition of a color lithograph designed by Calder for Braniff Airways as an American bicentennial commemoration for their travel agents and flight staff. Calder was commissioned by Braniff in 1975 to design a flying canvas for the airlines' Boeing 727 fleet, to celebrate the nation's 200th birthday; this color lithograph was based on his design for the right engine nacelle of the planes.