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John Steuart Curry

Tamara Codona on the Trapeze (Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus),

Maker

  • John Steuart Curry

Title

Tamara Codona on the Trapeze (Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus)

Medium

charcoal

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • charcoal on paper

Techniques

  • charcoal on paper

Supports

  • Smooth medium weight wove paper

Dimensions

54.6 x 43.5 cm (21 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in charcoal, bottom center: "John Steuart Curry/1932." In pencil below that, "21 x 18 Toulara"

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum purchase: Gift of Mr. Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr. and the Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

1988.007

Tamara Codona on the Trapeze (Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus)

Manual / Issue 3

Circus
Read Online

Signed and dated in charcoal, bottom center: "John Steuart Curry/1932." In pencil below that, "21 x 18 Toulara"

Publications

Under the Big Top

John Steuart Curry’s Vision of the Circus
Read Online

Manual / Issue 3

Circus
Read Online

Exhibition History

Circus

August 1, 2014 - February 22, 2015

New Art for Providence

July 20 - September 16, 1990
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