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Edouard León Louis Edy-Legrand

Crowd at the Circus

Description

Maker

Edouard León Louis Edy-Legrand (French, 1892 - 1970)

Title

Crowd at the Circus

Year

ca. 1930

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

pen and ink

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 25.7 x 18.3 cm (10 1/8 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in ink, LR:Edy Legrand

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1205

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Circus
Aug 01, 2014 – Feb 22, 2015

Label copy

This drawing by French illustrator Edouard Léon Edy-Legrand is one of a group of preparatory drawings executed for a 1930 illustrated edition of Alphonse Daudet’s 1872 novel Tartarin of Tarascon. In this scene, Tartarin, a portly, mustachioed man, visits Madame Mitaine’s menagerie in Tarascon, a town in southern Provence, where he encounters a lion. As he stands before the creature in its cage, it emits a load roar, causing the other spectators to flee in fear. The chaos and frenzy of the crowd is underscored by the artist’s undulating layers of linework in both graphite and ink.

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Edouard León Louis Edy-Legrand (French, 1892 - 1970)
Crowd at the Circus, ca. 1930
Ink and pencil on paper
Image: 25.7 x 18.3 cm (10 1/8 x 7 3/16 inches)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1205

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