Alexander Calder, The Crazy Girls of Saché

The Crazy Girls of Saché

Lithograph, 1975

Published by Maeght Editeur (Paris)

Printed by Imprimerie Arte (Paris)

38.00 cm × 56.50 cm (sheet size)

Unsigned

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity

Condition: Excellent

Featured in the magazine "Derrière le Miroir" No. 212 (January 1975 issue)

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Artwork Description

《The Crazy Girls of Saché》 is a captivating lithograph that symbolizes the free and poetic creative spirit of Alexander Calder's later years.

Saché, mentioned in the title, is a village located in the Loire region of France, where Calder established an important creative base from the 1960s onward. Works created during this period in his spacious studio strongly reflect the expansive freedom his art had achieved.

The light, three-legged forms depicted in the image seem to float through space as if dancing, conveying a sense of dynamism and humor to the viewer.

While seemingly composed of simple lines and colors, it is underpinned by Calder's unique and sophisticated sense of space.

Lines are not merely outlines but function as elements that move space and create rhythm.

This work brilliantly expresses a delicate dialogue of:

Balance and imbalance
Stillness and movement
Gravity and levitation

which is also evident in his representative mobile works.

As the word "Crazy" suggests, there is a playfulness hidden within order, and a free-spirited vitality.

It is not chaos, but a calculated lightness.

With extremely simple forms, Calder created a poetic world as if space itself had begun to dance.

This work is an excellent piece that vividly demonstrates the essence of Calder's art:

The poetics of movement

in a two-dimensional format.

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