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Calder, Alexander. Exotic Dancer, 1926–1931. Wire, cloth, metal, rhinestones, wood, beads and thread, Overall: 12 3/4 × 6 × 4in. (32.4 × 15.2 × 10.2 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., 83.36.21.1a-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

Exotic Dancer

1926–1931

Alexander Calder

Original Source
Maker/Artist
Calder, Alexander
Classification
Sculpture
Formatted Medium
Wire, cloth, metal, rhinestones, wood, beads and thread
Medium
wire, cloth, metal, rhinestones, wood, beads, thread
Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/4 × 6 × 4in. (32.4 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Accession Number
83.36.21.1a-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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