Alexander Calder

Handstand on the Table
1931

A whimsical line drawing on a cream-colored background featuring a central figure with four arms and four legs splayed out on a table, with one pair of legs sticking straight up in the air. To the left, there's a small chair with a wheel and pedal, and to the right, a smaller figure appears to be leaping or falling. The artist's signature is in the lower right corner.

A whimsical line drawing on a cream-colored background featuring a central figure with four arms and four legs splayed out on a table, with one pair of legs sticking straight up in the air. To the left, there's a small chair with a wheel and pedal, and to the right, a smaller figure appears to be leaping or falling. The artist's signature is in the lower right corner.

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Date
1931

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 22 3/4 × 30 7/8in. (57.8 × 78.4 cm)

Accession number
85.50

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Philip and Lynn Straus

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

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