Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Flying Colors of the United States /The Bicentennial Plane

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)

Flying Colors of the United States/The Bicentennial Plane, 1976. Signed and dated within the matrix, identified in information (see below) affixed to the backing. Color lithograph on paper, image size 20 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. (51.4 x 70.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.

N.B. A letter from Harding L. Lawrence, CEO of Braniff International, explains that this work is a reproduction of Calder's gouache made as a commemoration of the bicentennial plane Calder decorated for Braniff, and which was christened by Betty Ford. The gouache was reproduced as a print exclusively for Braniff employees and associates.