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Alexander Calder

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Code: 10091



Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) 

Title: "Stars and Stripes"

Medium:  Colour lithograph

Sheet size:  602 x 632 mm (24 7/8 x 23 3/4 inches)

Published: 1975, Braniff Airways, Dallas.

Signed and numbered: 22/100

This is the deluxe edition of a color lithograph designed by Calder for Braniff Airways as an American bicentennial commemoration. 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 colour lithograph was based on his design for the right engine nacelle of the planes.