Calder's Circus

by Alexander Calder, Jean Lipman (editor), Nancy Foote (editor)

This book presents the Circus and examples of the many circus sculptures in wire, wood, and bronze, as well as the circus paintings, drawings, and gouaches, and various other sculptures that relate to Calder's longtime interest in the circus. It is divided into three parts: the Circus years; color stills from the Pathé film of a Circus performance; and the Circus figures themselves, photographed by Marvin Schwartz and shown with related pieces in all the media that Calder has used. The occasional quotations that accompany the illustrations - Calder's remarks about circus things - are the only "text" in the book. An appendix includes a chronology of events in Calder's career that relate to the Circus, detailed captions for each illustration, and an annotated bibliography.

171 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

American sculptor Alexander Calder created the mobile in Paris in the early 1930s and also produced immobile abstract sculptures, known as stabiles.

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Reviews

[jw468 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Charming, brief book. I'm also basing my rating on videos of Calder performing. The various pieces of Calder's circus do things when manipulated that are only apparent in video.

[Melissa Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is very short on text + not a ton of color reproductions, but WONDERFUL text - from interviews w/Calder

[Mrsculpepper · Rating 4 out of 5]

been a fan of calder ever since i saw a documentary about him on pbs. this was a really neat look into some of his work. mostly pictures.