The artwork for sale: €5000
— In «Sans Titre», Alexander Calder transforms simple forms into a graceful choreography of color and line. Floating shapes in vivid red, blue, and yellow seem to hover in space, connected by fluid black curves that guide the viewer’s gaze in rhythmic motion. Though rendered on paper, the composition captures the essence of Calder’s kinetic sculptures — alive with a sense of balance, lightness, and continuous movement.
Calder’s choice of gouache allows for bold, opaque color and swift, expressive execution. His background in engineering informs the work’s structure, where each form appears precisely counterbalanced by another, achieving harmony through asymmetry. The interplay of primary hues and organic shapes evokes both the rigor of abstraction and the spontaneity of nature.
Created late in his career, «Sans Titre» reflects Calder’s mastery of visual equilibrium and his enduring belief in the poetry of motion. The composition distills decades of innovation into a serene meditation on color, rhythm, and space — an art that speaks with the universal language of balance and joy.
Alexander Calder is best known for pioneering the mobile (kinetic) sculptures and the stabile, his stationary abstract forms. His style combined engineering precision with artistic creativity, often featuring bright primary colors, wire constructions, and a sense of playful motion.
