Site Search Enter a search term. Cirque Calder, — Date — One half of the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Evans Foundation, Inc. Laurance S. Rockefeller; the Simon Foundation, Inc. Kenneth N. More than individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign. Unusual Project. Historical Photos 29 View gallery.
Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder —31 , Paris, c. Related exhibitions 5. Solo Exhibition. Featured Text 2. General Reference. Selected films 2. Related works 5 View gallery. Calder's Circus Invitation 56th Street Galleries , Calder's Circus Invitation Printing Block, Chronology Fall Calder begins creating Cirque Calder , a complex and unique body of art. Fall Calder performs Cirque Calder for Mrs. Oh, these are stylized silhouettes, but astonishing in their miniature resemblance, obtained by means of luck, iron wire, spools, corks, elastics.
There were probably a few dotted lines. Before 8 May I have had 2 large circus parties since coming back to Paris. They could be made to stand on their hind quarters, front quarters, or heads. Then there were clowns with slots in their feet and claws in their hands; they could balance on a ladder on one foot or one hand. I [articulated] these things with strings, so the clown would end up on the back of the elephant.
One half the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Evans Foundation, Inc. Laurance S. Rockefeller; the Simon Foundation, Inc. Kenneth N. More than individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign. In the early s, myriad Circus elements were catalogued and stored in special boxes designed by Whitney art handler G.
The Whitney cataloguing system now designates the total number of Circus elements as Simon: Opening the boxes one by one sometimes revealed characters we knew well; other boxes contained wood sticks, small copper plates, mechanical gizmos, painted boards, felt, along with various odds and ends that likely had a function at one time in the performances.
Simon: Correspondence from the s and s, other documents, and drawings were made available to us by the Calder Foundation. Simon: On Ringling posters for this act showing the white horse with its female rider, we could see her identifying oversized pink bow, which matched the tiny pink bow Calder gave his miniature equestrienne…. Nagy: Each time we looked at these films, the different point of view of each director not only brought out different aspects of the act but also ancillary information, and triggered the impulse to find out more.
Simon: Only in the past week did I find a ca. To accomplish this feat, Calder, with one hand, turns the crank that causes horse and rider to circle the ring, and in his other hand grips the far end of the rope extended by the lady trainer. Photograph Sheldan C. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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