Taken from an original 1975 first edition issue of Derriere le Miroir. This lithograph was one of 7 new and original works published to accompany a Calder exhibition of twenty of his ‘Crags and Critters’ sculptures at the Maeght Gallery, Paris in 1975. 

The smiling, slightly menacing three-legged "critter" is an extension of Calder's personality. Neither from the land nor the sea, the critters can hail only from outer space, while the crags that accompany them, sprouting surreal flowers and leaves, make up their Martian landscape. Even at the late age of Seventy-six Alexander Calder's child-like interest in whimsy and delight remain visible through this particularly wonderful example of the artist's late work.

Calder's works of the 1970's often engage, however playfully, with paraphrased ideas regarding the future and science fiction.

DLM is a French art magazine published from the late 30's until the early 80's that featured limited edition prints of artists works that often spanned multiple pages. Known by collectors simply as DLM, all issues of Derriere le Miroir are now scarce, and have become quite valuable.