Alexander Calder, McGovern for McGovernment, 1972

Alexander Calder, McGovern for McGovernment, 1972

Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder

McGovern for McGovernment, 1972

Lithograph (signed & numbered) Unframed
34 1/2 × 24 in
87.6 × 61 cm
Edition of 200
 
In 1972, Alexander Calder was commissioned by the DNC to create a series of prints as a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. Rendered in Calder's signature colorful graphic style, the series playfully opposes dour-faced incumbent President Nixon and the United States' deadly involvement in the Vietnam War. Calder was fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, so like many artists, he supported the Quixotic, but ultimately doomed Presidential candidacy of the ultra-liberal George McGovern. Indeed, despite Calder's best artistic efforts., Richard Nixon went on to win the election in a landslide. Unframed and in fine condition.Acquired from the collection of Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, two well known art collectors and philanthropists in Philadelphia.
 

Signature: Pencil signed and numbered from the edition of 200 on the recto (front). Bears Styria Studio's distinctive blind stamp.

Publisher: Styria Studio, Inc. New York

Provenance: Acquired from the collection of Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, two well known art collectors and philanthropists in Philadelphia.

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