About the Artwork

A beloved fixture of the Whitney Museum’s permanent collection, <em style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: FranklinGothicBook, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Calder’s Circus</em> distills the playful essence that Alexander Calder (1898–1976) brought to bear as an artist who helped to shape 20th-sculpture. <em style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: FranklinGothicBook, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Circus</em>, which was created during the artist’s time in Paris, was less abstract than his hanging “mobiles,” but in it’s own way, it was just as kinetic: Made primarily out of wire and wood, <em style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: FranklinGothicBook, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Circus</em> served as the centerpiece for improvisational performances, in

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