Cirque Calder
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Cirque Calder is Alexander Calder’s famous miniature circus installation, featuring handcrafted wire and fabric performers that he animated in live performances and that helped pioneer his kinetic and sculptural style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cirque Calder canonical | 2 |
| Calder’s Circus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1123275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cirque Calder Context triple: [Alexander Calder, notableWork, Cirque Calder]
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A.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil is a world-renowned Canadian entertainment company known for its innovative contemporary circus productions that blend acrobatics, theater, dance, and music.
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B.
Hippodrome Circus
Hippodrome Circus is a historic purpose-built circus building and performance venue in Great Yarmouth, England, renowned for its traditional circus shows and unique water spectaculars.
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C.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was a famous American traveling circus, long promoted as "The Greatest Show on Earth," known for its large-scale spectacles featuring acrobats, clowns, animal acts, and elaborate productions.
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D.
Parade de cirque
Parade de cirque is a late-19th-century painting by Georges Seurat that exemplifies his pointillist technique in depicting a nighttime circus sideshow scene.
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E.
La Ronde amusement park
La Ronde amusement park is a major Montreal theme park on Île Sainte-Hélène, now operated by Six Flags and known for its large collection of thrill rides and roller coasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cirque Calder Target entity description: Cirque Calder is Alexander Calder’s famous miniature circus installation, featuring handcrafted wire and fabric performers that he animated in live performances and that helped pioneer his kinetic and sculptural style.
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A.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil is a world-renowned Canadian entertainment company known for its innovative contemporary circus productions that blend acrobatics, theater, dance, and music.
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B.
Hippodrome Circus
Hippodrome Circus is a historic purpose-built circus building and performance venue in Great Yarmouth, England, renowned for its traditional circus shows and unique water spectaculars.
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C.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was a famous American traveling circus, long promoted as "The Greatest Show on Earth," known for its large-scale spectacles featuring acrobats, clowns, animal acts, and elaborate productions.
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D.
Parade de cirque
Parade de cirque is a late-19th-century painting by Georges Seurat that exemplifies his pointillist technique in depicting a nighttime circus sideshow scene.
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E.
La Ronde amusement park
La Ronde amusement park is a major Montreal theme park on Île Sainte-Hélène, now operated by Six Flags and known for its large collection of thrill rides and roller coasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art installation
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kinetic sculpture ⓘ miniature circus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cirque Calder
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surface form:
Calder’s Circus
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| artist | Alexander Calder ⓘ |
| collection |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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surface form:
Whitney Museum of American Art collection
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Alexander Calder ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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surface form:
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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| genre |
kinetic art
ⓘ
performance art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
acrobats
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animals ⓘ miniature performers ⓘ ringmaster ⓘ tightrope walkers ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
fabric
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metal ⓘ wire ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| hasPart |
costumes
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portable suitcases ⓘ props ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
bridge between Calder’s figurative work and abstract mobiles
ⓘ
early example of interactive sculpture ⓘ |
| inception |
1926
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late 1920s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Calder’s mobiles
ⓘ
Alexander Calder ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander Calder’s stabiles
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| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| location | Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hand-operated mechanisms
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integration of sculpture and performance ⓘ miniature circus performances ⓘ pioneering kinetic sculpture ⓘ |
| performancePeriod |
1930s
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late 1920s ⓘ |
| performancesBy | Alexander Calder ⓘ |
| scale | miniature ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
circus
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entertainment ⓘ |
| technique |
assemblage
ⓘ
hand-cranked mechanisms ⓘ wire bending ⓘ |
| title | Cirque Calder self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Cirque Calder Description of subject: Cirque Calder is Alexander Calder’s famous miniature circus installation, featuring handcrafted wire and fabric performers that he animated in live performances and that helped pioneer his kinetic and sculptural style.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Calder’s Circus