{"data":{"id":"5529","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":5529,"topgoose_id":15103,"portfolio_id":5488,"tms_id":5529,"title":"Rigoulot, the Strong Man, Weight Lifter","display_artist_text":"Alexander Calder","display_date":"1926–1931","accession_number":"83.36.9.1a-b","dimensions":"Overall: 7 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 4 in. (19.7 × 27.3 × 10.2 cm)","medium":"Wire, cloth, metal, thread and tape on painted wood base","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\u003eRigoulot, the Strong Man, Weight Lifter\u003c/em\u003e, 1926–1931. Wire, cloth, metal, thread and tape on painted wood base, overall: 7 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 4 in. (19.7 × 27.3 × 10.2 cm). 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. 83.36.9.1a-b. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":null,"ai_alt_text":"A wire-framed figure seated on a block lifts a rod with two round weights on a green mat.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T17:24:29.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-06T06:00:11.303-04:00","images":[{"id":97084,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/5529/83_36_9_1-3_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"215","type":"artist"}]}}}}