{"data":{"id":"5519","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":5519,"topgoose_id":15147,"portfolio_id":5488,"tms_id":5519,"title":"Lion Tamer, Lion and Cage","display_artist_text":"Alexander Calder","display_date":"1926–1931","accession_number":"83.36.34.1a-f","dimensions":"Dimensions variable","medium":"Wire, yarn, cloth, buttons, painted metal, wood, metal, leather and string","department":"collection","classification":"Sculpture","credit_line":"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 \u0026 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.","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":5488,"portfolio":"Calder's Circus","edition":null,"publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexander Calder, \u003cem\u003eLion Tamer, Lion and Cage\u003c/em\u003e, 1926–1931. Wire, yarn, cloth, buttons, painted metal, wood, metal, leather and string, dimensions variable. 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 \u0026 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. 83.36.34.1a-f. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":null,"ai_alt_text":"A toy lion puppet leans out of a small colorful wagon cage while a wire puppeteer stands nearby.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T17:24:44.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-06T06:00:10.635-04:00","images":[{"id":97075,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/5519/83_36_34_1-2_vw1_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"215","type":"artist"}]}}}}