{"data":{"id":"5535","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":5535,"topgoose_id":15108,"portfolio_id":5488,"tms_id":5535,"title":"Sword Swallower","display_artist_text":"Alexander Calder","display_date":"1926–1931","accession_number":"83.36.12.1a-c","dimensions":"Overall: 11 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 5 in. (28.6 × 17.5 × 12.7 cm)","medium":"Galvanized steel wire, steel wire, aluminum wire, cloth, and thread","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\u003eSword Swallower\u003c/em\u003e, 1926–1931. Galvanized steel wire, steel wire, aluminum wire, cloth, and thread, overall: 11 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 5 in. (28.6 × 17.5 × 12.7 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. 83.36.12.1a-c. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":null,"ai_alt_text":"Small handmade puppet with patterned green cloak, wooden head, and bent wire legs standing upright.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T17:24:31.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-03-12T06:00:16.535-04:00","images":[{"id":97091,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/5535/83_36_12_1a-c_vw5_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"215","type":"artist"}]}}}}