COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
WMAA.83.36.13a-b
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Calder, Alexander
Creator Name:
Calder, Alexander
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1898-1976
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Alexander Calder
Title:
Elephant and Trainer from Calder's Circus
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1926-1931
Creation Start Date:
1926
Creation End Date:
1931
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, cloth, rubber tubing, wire, fur, pipe cleaners, cork and nails
Dimensions:
Dimensions variable: 12 1/4 x 29 x 15 1/2 in.(31.12 x 73.66 x 39.37 cm. )
Component Measured:
object
Measurement Dimension:
depth
Measurement Dimension:
height
Measurement Dimension:
width
Measurement Value:
31.12
Measurement Value:
39.37
Measurement Value:
73.66
Measurement Unit:
cm
AMICA Contributor:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
83.36.13a-b
Credit Line:
Purchase, with funds from a public fundraising campaign in May 1982. Onehalf the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Additional major donations were given by The Lauder Foundation; the RobertLehman Foundation, Inc.; the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.; ananonymous donor; The T. M. Evans Foundation, Inc.; MacAndrews & Forbes Group,Incorporated; the DeWitt Wallace Fund, Inc.; Martin and Agneta Gruss; AnnePhillips; Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller; the Simon Foundation, Inc.;Marylou Whitney; Bankers Trust Company; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Dayton; Joeland Anne Ehrenkranz; Irvin and Kenneth Feld; Flora Whitney Miller. More than500 individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign.
Copyright:
? Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Rights:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art
Context - Date:
1926 - 1931
Context - Person:
Calder Alexander
Related Image Identifier Link:
WMAA.01117.tif
Initial Sort:
Calder, Alexander
Elephant and Trainer from Calder's Circus
