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Message:: [QUOTE="Laurence Roman, post: 4534160, member: 12895"]This appears to be a work from 1971 - I've seen it entitled both "Balloons" and "Venusiennes" though I suspect the former title might be apocryphal. There are several similar (but not identical) works by Calder - often signed by hand, not in the matrix (like your impression). Calder became hugely popular during his lifetime, during which the very high-end art journal - XXe Siècle - published several open editions of fine-art-quality prints from his oeuvre as well as a deluxe publication entitled "Homage to Calder." Your piece may be from one of these (possibly uncatalogued) editions. Enjoy your print; I've seen it described as being either an offset lithograph or a serigraph - either way it's terrific.[/QUOTE]