A person balances another person upside down on their shoulders while standing near an empty chair.

Alexander Calder

The Handstand with Chair

1931

Not on view

186 works in the collection
46 exhibitions
View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/1080

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 22 7/8 × 30 13/16 in. (58.1 × 78.3 cm)

Accession number
81.23.1

Credit line
Gift of Howard and Jean Lipman

Rights and reproductions
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/1080

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