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Circus Horses
Circus Horses

Circus Horses

Artist American, 1903 - 1947
Date1925
Mediumwatercolor on paper
Dimensions11 1/4 in x 11 1/8 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineBequest of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1971.2.29
DescriptionTwo rearing horses with plumes are the center of attraction; in the background a seated horse against whose flank is seated a performer with a whip; the performer is just sketched in; in the foreground various circus performers look on; to the left a man in a turban and a little boy holding a short stick; to the right a man in blue trunks with a red shirt; to extreme right, a parital view of a nude man holding a large wheel
On View
Not on view
Collections
Burlesque
W. HILL
c. 1920 maybe; not after 1962
Zebra--Equus Burchelli
Karl Free
before 1934
Horses
Anonymous Delete
18th century
Medicine Man
Karl Free
1938
Legend
Karl Free
1928
Study of Two Male Nudes
Karl Free
pre-1947
Wreck of the Old 97
Thomas Hart Benton
1944
Danforth, Wright & Co., New York and Phila.; AB Co (American Bank Note
1853-58