In 1925, Alexander Calder joined the circus—in a sense. As an illustrator for the National Police Gazette, he was dispatched to cover the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York’s ...
Alexander Calder, Calder's Circus, detail of ringmaster (1926–31); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (© 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photograph Ron ...