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Photography by Emily Followill
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Photography by Emily Followill

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Artist (born 1952)
Date2017
MediumSeven bronze sculptures, canopy, and mast
DimensionsEscaping Cylinder: 101 × 94 × 14 in., 930 lb. (256.5 × 238.8 × 35.6 cm, 421.8 kg)
Small Cone: 91 × 51 × 13 in., 700 lb. (231.1 × 129.5 × 33 cm, 317.5 kg)
Rearing Sphere: 102 × 50 × 14 in., 700 lb. (259.1 × 127 × 35.6 cm, 317.5 kg)
Prancing Cone: 93 × 69 × 14 in., 700 lb. (236.2 × 175.3 × 35.6 cm, 317.5 kg)
Trotting Sphere: 82 × 63 × 17 in., 700 lb. (208.3 × 160 × 43.2 cm, 317.5 kg)
Bucking Cylinder: 86 × 55 × 14 in., 700 lb. (218.4 × 139.7 × 35.6 cm, 317.5 kg)
Crowing Bird: 26 × 18 × 18 in., 175 lb. (66 × 45.7 × 45.7 cm, 79.4 kg)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift from the collection of Candace P. and W. Michael Humphreys, 2024.107
Accession number 2024.107
On View
On view
Label TextElevated on a platform, a joyful blur of long-limbed carousel figures parade around in a circle, saddles open and ready for museum guests to climb aboard. Overhead, the jaunty canopy leans over in a playful echo of the spaghetti-like arms, legs, and poles of the figures below. While this carousel does not move, the elaborate garden that encircles the artwork is planted with long, wispy foliage that dance and sway in the breeze like a merry-go-round in motion. Looking around the garden, can you find the one carousel figure that has escaped?

Elevadas sobre una plataforma, una divertida sucesión de figuras de carrusel de largas extremidades desfilan en círculo, con las monturas abiertas y listas para que los visitantes del museo se suban a ellas. Por encima, la alegre cubierta se inclina imitando de forma juguetona los brazos, piernas y postes en forma de espagueti de las figuras que se encuentran debajo. Aunque este carrusel no se mueve, el elaborado jardín que rodea la obra de arte está plantado con un follaje largo y vaporoso que baila y se mece con la brisa como un carrusel en movimiento. Al mirar alrededor del jardín, ¿puede encontrar la única figura del carrusel que se ha escapado?

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