Year 1926–31 Media Wire | Type sculpture Created 1931 Genre Site-specific art | |
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Dimensions 137.2 cm × 239.4 cm × 239.4 cm (54.0 in × 94.3 in × 94.3 in) Location Whitney Museum, New York, N.Y. Owner Whitney Museum of American Art Alexander Calder artwork Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, Josephine Baker (III), La Grande Vitesse | ||
Le cirque calder
Cirque Calder is an artistic rendering of a circus created by the American artist Alexander Calder. It involves wire models rigged to perform the various functions of the circus performers they represent, from contortionists to sword eaters to lion tamers. The models are made of various items, generally wire and wood. Calder began improvising performances of this circus during his time in Paris. He would comment in French during the performance.
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The Cirque Calder is part of the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum in New York.
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