ID: 700008367 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008367	Record Type: Movable Work
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Little Clown, the Trumpeteer (sculpture (visual works); Alexander Calder (American sculptor, painter, and designer, ...; 1926-1931; Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York stat...; 83.36.8.1)

Note: Purchase of this work was made through a public financing campaign, with numerous major donors, and over 500 individual donors.

Titles:

Little Clown, the Trumpeteer (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Calder's Circus (C,U,SE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1926-1931

Creator Display:

Alexander Calder (American sculptor, painter, and designer, 1898-1976) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Calder, Alexander (American sculptor, painter, and designer, 1898-1976) [500007824]

donor Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (American foundation and patron, contemporary) [500356259]

donor Ronald S. Lauder Foundation (American foundation and patron, contemporary) [500356258]

donor Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., The (American foundation and patron, incorporated 1943) [500356261]

donor Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation (American foundation and patron, contemporary) [500356262]

donor T. M. Evans Foundation Inc., The (American foundation and patron, contemporary) [500356263]

donor MacAndrews & Forbes Group Incorporated (American company and donor, contemporary) [500356264]

Locations:

Current: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303638] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 83.36.8.1

Display Materials: Wire, cloth, paint, yarn, thread, and rhinestone buttons

	wire [300011063]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by product>)

	cloth [300162391]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by form>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	yarn [300014252]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by form>)

	thread [300014250]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by form>)

	rhinestone [300010806]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by composition or origin>, lead glass, flint glass, paste (glass))

	buttons (fasteners) [300239261]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by general context>, fasteners)

	electrical tape [300375625]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, tape (material), adhesive tape, pressure-sensitive tape)

	tubes (object forms) [300014687]
	.......(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by form>)

	rubber (material) [300012941]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, resin (organic material), <gum resin and gum resin by product>, <gum resin by product>)

	brass instruments [300042276]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by function>, musical instruments, wind instruments)

Dimensions: Overall: 8 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (22.2 × 8.9 × 8.3 cm)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	clown [300025660]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>, performing artists) (AAT)

	trumpeter [300235064]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>, musicians, instrumentalists, wind instrumentalists) (AAT)

	trumpet (aerophone) [300042339]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, aerophones, lip-vibrated aerophones, <lip-vibrated aerophones with cylindrical bore>) (AAT)

Provenance: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from a public fundraising campaign in May 1982. One half of 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 De Witt Wallace Fund, Incorporated; 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.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Little Clown, the Trumpeteer	........ [VP]
	........ Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 2 April 2014
Calder's Circus	........ [VP]
	........ Whitney Museum [online] (2009-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 7 April 2014