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Calder, Alexander. Elephant and Trainer, 1926–1931. Painted wood, cloth, rubber tubing, wire, fur, pipe cleaners, cork, and nails, Overall (variable): 12 7/8 × 19 × 11 1/4in. (32.7 × 48.3 × 28.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from a public fundraising campaign in May 1982. One half the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Additional major donations were given by The Lauder Foundation; the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc.; the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.; an anonymous donor; The T. M. Evans Foundation, Inc.; MacAndrews & Forbes Group, Incorporated; the DeWitt Wallace Fund, Inc.; Martin and Agneta Gruss; Anne Phillips; Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller; the Simon Foundation, Inc.; Marylou Whitney; Bankers Trust Company; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Dayton; Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz; Irvin and Kenneth Feld; Flora Whitney Miller. More than 500 individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign., 83.36.13.1a-b. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art)
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art

Elephant and Trainer

1926–1931

Alexander Calder

Original Source
Maker/Artist
Calder, Alexander
Classification
Sculpture
Formatted Medium
Painted wood, cloth, rubber tubing, wire, fur, pipe cleaners, cork, and nails
Medium
painted, wood, cloth, rubber, tubing, wire, fur, pipe, cleaners, cork, nails
Dimensions
Overall (variable): 12 7/8 × 19 × 11 1/4in. (32.7 × 48.3 × 28.6 cm)
Accession Number
83.36.13.1a-b
Credit Line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from a public fundraising campaign in May 1982. One half the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Additional major donations were given by The Lauder Foundation; the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc.; the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.; an anonymous donor; The T. M. Evans Foundation, Inc.; MacAndrews & Forbes Group, Incorporated; the DeWitt Wallace Fund, Inc.; Martin and Agneta Gruss; Anne Phillips; Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller; the Simon Foundation, Inc.; Marylou Whitney; Bankers Trust Company; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Dayton; Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz; Irvin and Kenneth Feld; Flora Whitney Miller. More than 500 individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign.

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