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Alexander Calder's Autobiography,
with original self-portrait drawing by Calder

Alexander Calder: Autobiography, with original drawing

CALDER, Alexander. Calder Autobiographie. Traduction de Jean Davidson. Paris: Maeght Editeur, (1972). Quarto, (11x10.5 inches), original cloth, original dust jacket. $3400.

First edition in French, with an original self-portrait drawing by Calder on title page apparently mimicking the frontispiece photo. Signed with Calder's initials. With three original double-page lithographs by Calder prepared exclusively for this edition. (Calder's Autobiography originally appeared in a U.S. edition, but was issued without any original lithographs.) Fine condition.

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