Detail View: The AMICA Library: Elephant and Trainer from Calder's Circus
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AMICA ID:
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WMAA.83.36.13a-b
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Calder, Alexander
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Creator Name:
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Calder, Alexander
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1898-1976
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Alexander Calder
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Title:
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Elephant and Trainer from Calder's Circus
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Title Type:
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Title
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1926-1931
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Creation Start Date:
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1926
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Creation End Date:
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1931
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Materials and Techniques:
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Wood, cloth, rubber tubing, wire, fur, pipe cleaners, cork and nails
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Dimensions:
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Dimensions variable: 12 1/4 x 29 x 15 1/2 in.(31.12 x 73.66 x 39.37 cm. )
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Component Measured:
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object
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Measurement Dimension:
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depth
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Measurement Dimension:
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height
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Measurement Dimension:
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width
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Measurement Value:
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31.12
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Measurement Value:
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39.37
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Measurement Value:
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73.66
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Measurement Unit:
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cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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83.36.13a-b
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Credit Line:
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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.
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Copyright:
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? Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Rights:
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© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art
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Context - Date:
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1926 - 1931
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Context - Person:
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Calder Alexander
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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WMAA.01117.tif
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Initial Sort:
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Calder, Alexander
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