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The Tragic Comedians

Object Details

Provenance
Jh Purchased From Diamond, Harold, New York 1959
Exhibition History
WEISMAN ART MUSEUM, Minneapolis, MN. "On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early 20th Century American Art" 20 April 2002 - 4 August 2002. TOUR: MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM, NJ, 15 September 2002 - 2 January 2003; PENNYSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 20 February 2003 - 15 May 2003.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Walt Kuhn, American, b. Brooklyn, New York, 1877–1949
Date
(c. 1916)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
96 X 45 IN. (243.8 X 114.3 CM.)
Type
Painting

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