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Circus

Object Details

Provenance
Jh Purchased From Hewitt Gallery, Edwin, New York 1963
Exhibition History
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Images from the World Between: The Circus in Twentieth-Century American Art." TOUR: JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART, Sarasota, Florida, 1 February-14 April 2002; AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART, Texas, 10 May-19 August.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Charles Demuth, American, b. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1883–1935
Date
1917
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Medium
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions
8 1/16 X 13 IN. (20.5 X 33.0 CM.)
Type
Painting

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