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Rare 1923 Wurlitzer Calliola Orchestral Band . "Old Time Circus Calliope
By Wurlitzer
Located in Buffalo, NY
amusement parks, circuses, and theaters, bringing orchestral sounds to life. Think of it as a massive
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Metal, Iron

Set of two Wood Vintage Pull Toys, 20th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Set of two vintage wood pull toys, 20th Century. Charming folk art circus wagon and pair of ducks
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Haviland Company Limoges Child s Porcelain Bowl Plate Ca. 1896
By Haviland Co.
Located in Fulton, CA
Art style painted circus animals, lion, bear and elephant surrounding a circus tent with the American
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Circus Art

Materials

Porcelain

Circus
By David Schneuer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
around the world including the Munchener Stadt Museum, Spertus Museum, Chicago, Boston Fine Art Museum
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Circus
By Martha Walter
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Chase. She won a Cresson traveling scholarship in 1908 and from that
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Watercolor

Painted Rhinoceros Circus Carousel Section
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ca. 1890 Hand painted late 19th century section of a circus carousel or out building depicting a
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Wood

Untitled - Circus Monkey.
By Theo van Hoytema
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
A circus monkey standing on top of a ball. Colour crayon style lithograph, chine collee on wove
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Early 20th Century Antique Circus Art

Materials

Lithograph

Circus of Romulus, Via Appia, Rome
By Fratelli Alinari
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: View of the ruins of the Circus of Romulus on the Via Appia
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19th Century Antique Circus Art

At the Circus
By Martha Walter
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she summered and opened an art school. Walter participated in the annual
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Watercolor

Carved Carousel Jumper Horse Carnival Circus
By Charles Looff Or C.W. Parker
Located in Lenox, MA
This gorgeous carousel horse once belonged to a summer camp in Glen Spey, NY. The camp owners acquired the whole merry-go-round in 1940 at an auction. It is attributed to Charles Loo...
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19th Century American Antique Circus Art

Materials

Pine

Large Antique Iron Banded Wood Carnival or Circus Strongman s Mallet
Located in Concord, MA
Large antique iron banded wood carnival strongman's mallet. Measures: Length 35 3/4 inches, height 9 1/2 inches, diameter 8 inches. Terrific object.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Circus Art

Materials

Iron

Original Antique Circus Advertising Poster Cycling The Air Bros Wichmann Design
Located in London, GB
Original antique circus advertising poster - Cycling The Air of the Bros. Wichmann - featuring a
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1890s Antique Circus Art

Materials

Paper

Exceptional Art Deco Circus Elephant Lamp Designed by Walter Von Nesse
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Incredibly Rare Art Deco Circus Elephant lamp made in the early 1930s in hand-hammered chromed
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Circus Art

The Juggler
By Samuel Halpert
Located in East Hampton, NY
Circus in Twentieth Century American Art", n.d
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1920s Fauvist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil

Picnic in the Park
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
-46 Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art, at Museum of Modern Art, December 4, 1945-January 6, 1946
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil

Circus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
J. NICOTINA "CIRCUS" OIL ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1950 22 X 30 INCHES Original
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1850s Modern Antique Circus Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Circus
Circus
$4,500
Circus Horses
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
, circus life, and nudes. "Circus Horses" is an excellent example of this era in Weegee's work. In this
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1640s Surrealist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Primitive Wood American Folk Art Carvings from Circus Wagon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Art carvings with circus history. Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Wood

Antique Art Deco Armor Bronze Circus Elephant Bronze Clad Table Ashtray
By Art Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Art Deco armor bronze circus elephant bronze clad table ashtray. item features maker stamps
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Circus Art

Materials

Bronze

Primitive Wood American Folk Art Lion Carving from Circus Wagon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Primitive Wood American Folk Art Lion Carving from Circus Wagon Free Shipping within the United
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Circus Wagon Figure
Located in Culver City, CA
Mysterious circus wagon figure by Samuel A. Robb for Barnum & Bailey Circus
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19th Century Antique Circus Art

Materials

Wood

Colossal Circus Wagon Wheel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A great piece of circus history. Original wheel from a late 19th century circus wagon. A great
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19th Century American Antique Circus Art

Materials

Iron

Ashcan Circus View, Training Horses
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ashcan school view of a circus tent with horses. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed lower right
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1920s Modern Antique Circus Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century English Circus Flagpole
Located in London, GB
19th century circus flagpole We are proud to offer an original 19th century hand carved circus
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1890s British Victorian Antique Circus Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

19th Century American Folk Art Circus Fairground Wagon Faun Mask Billy Jamieson
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large American circus wagon mask, carved from a single piece of soft wood, likely to be pitch
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Late 19th Century American Antique Circus Art

Materials

Pine

Antique Circus Painting with Elephants and Monkeys
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage circus painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1920. Signed lower right
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1920s Modern Antique Circus Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Pair of Lion Oil Paintings on Board, Perhaps Circus Decor
Located in Palm Beach, FL
architectural remnants possible from a circus car.
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil

American School Abstracted Circus Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstracted landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 20"L x 10"H, overall 25.5"L x 15.5"H.
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1920s Modern Antique Circus Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Fairground or Circus Entrance Lions
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Magnificent pair of large circus or fairground display lions, handmade and painted thick gauge
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Early 20th Century English Antique Circus Art

Carnival Or Circus Glass Eyed Tiger Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
paint surface. Presented on original black painted wood shield mount. Likely a circus or carnival piece
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Early 20th Century American Antique Circus Art

Materials

Papier Mâché, Paper

19th Century Tiller Clowes Marionette Donkey Puppets Circus Fairground
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful piece of English Folk Art. A hand carved and painting Tiller & Clowes donkey marionette
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Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

String, Pine

Horse Drawn Circus Clown in Cart, American, circa 1902
By Gong Bell Mfg. Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Whimsical cast iron horse drawn articulated toy that depicts a clown who, when rolled across a flat surface, fans himself by waving his right arm back and forth. It was manufactured ...
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Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Iron

1930s American Painted Circus Canvas Carnival Strange Girls Freakshow Sideshow
Located in Haarlem, NL
Antique American hand painted circus carnival canvas or banner to announce a sideshow with "Strange
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Early 20th Century Central American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Leather, Canvas

Early 20th Century Hand Carved Wooden Carnival/Circus Mermaid/Ship Figurehead
Located in Surrey, BC
Intriguing wooden Folk Art from a carnival or circus, representing a ship figurehead/mermaid. Hand
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1910s Canadian Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Wood

Piccadilly Circus, London - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by George Hyde Pownall
By George Hyde Pownall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Pownall. The piece depicts a view of Piccadilly Circus in the city of Westminster in London's west end
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Piccadilly Circus - Impressionist Oil, Cityscape at Night by George Hyde Pownall
By George Hyde Pownall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Piccadilly Circus in the city of Westminster in London's west end. Elegantly dressed people can be seen under
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1890s Impressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Head-Cutter at the British Circus Imperator, Devil magic poster c. 1915
Located in Chicago, IL
the allegorical use of devil imagery in a humorous manner for their advertisement art. Original
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1910s Art Nouveau Antique Circus Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Victorian English Horse fair with pub, circus and many figures
By Edward Benjamin Herberte
Located in Woodbury, CT
quality and skill, with many different stories being told throughout the scene. Look closly at the Circus
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1880s Victorian Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil

Rare "Cheating At Poker" Carnival or Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 20th century sideshow banner with an extremely unusual subject matter. Painted and signed by E. J. Hayden & Co Inc, Studios, 106-110 Bway, Bklyn, NY.
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Early 20th Century American Antique Circus Art

Materials

Iron

Rare Early 20th Century Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty German Circus Collection
Located in London, GB
Rare Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty Circus Collection We are proud to offer a wonderful collection of
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1910s German Victorian Antique Circus Art

Materials

Cotton, Faux Fur, Wood

Framed 19th Century Gouache - Circus Performers
Located in Corsham, GB
An intriguing study of travelling performers outside a farm where a flock of geese have gathered. Well presented in a Hogarth frame. Unsigned. On paper.
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19th Century Antique Circus Art

Materials

Gouache

Georges Rouault "The Shooting Star Circus" Original Engraving 1938
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
Georges Rouault "The Shooting Star Circus" Original Engraving 1938 Wood engraving from an
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Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Engraving

Belle Epoque Colour Lithograph Travail de Répétition Circus Scene
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Toronto, ON
lithograph was inspired by ahis frequent visits to the circus in the 1880s and 1890s. he completed several
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Circus Art

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century English Fairground Circus Mask Bust Carving Ottoman Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early fairground carving of a eastern moustached ottoman, in untouched original condition. The carving has been overpainted and overpainted, typically the way of a travelling f...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Circus Art

Materials

Pine

Saint Ignatius of Antioch attacked by lions in the Circus and Emperor Trajan.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch in the Circus during the Celebrations for Emperor Trajan
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Mid-19th Century Academic Antique Circus Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Friends of the Circus by Vincent de Vos (1829 – 1875) signed and dated 1872
Located in Knokke, BE
Vincent de Vos 1829 – Kortrijk – 1875 Belgian Painter 'Friends of the Circus' Signature: signed
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Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Circus Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

London Piccadilly Circus - Original China Ink Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
London is an original china ink drawing on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. The State of preservation is very good with the traces of time. Hand-signed not...
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Early 20th Century Antique Circus Art

Materials

Ink

8 Gio Ponti for Ginori "Il Circo" Dessert Plates Circus Subjects Art Deco Style
By Richard Ginori
Located in Great Barrington, MA
of his "Il Circo" Circus pattern. The Art Deco clean lines are framed with a burgundy red border on a
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1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Circus Art

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Folk Art Fairground Pierrot Shooting Target Game by Saussine
Located in London, GB
Antique Shooting Target, Antique Shooting Game, Fairground Antique, Funfair Antique, Circus Antique
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1920s French Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Metal

Folk Art Americana Hand-Painted Circus Banner of a Seal Man by Fred Johnson
Located in Queens, NY
20th Century American painted side show circus banner of a man in the form of a seal titled "Sealo
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Canvas

Pair of Lion Oil Paintings on Board, Perhaps Circus Decor
Located in Palm Beach, FL
architectural remnants possible from a circus car.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Paint

Henri DE Toulouse Lautrec Lithograph Depicting Circus Act in Gold Gilt Frame
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Middleburg, VA
a circus act. Stamped along the bottom right “GOUPIL & CIE”. Framed in a beautiful gold gilt frame
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Circus Art

Materials

Paper

Important Antique American Folk Art Dog Circus Animal Portrait Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American folk art dog circus oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1890s Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Piccadilly Circus
By Sir Muirhead Bone
Located in Plano, TX
Piccadilly Circus -- 1915. 1915. Drypoint. Dodgson catalog 332 state vi. 11 13/16 x 14 7/8 (sheet
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Early 1900s Modern Antique Circus Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Circus or Carnival Curiosity
Located in Peekskill, NY
. The stitching is very prominent and has a bit of a Folk Art Frankenstein feel to it. It has striking
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Circus Art

Fantastic Circus, Carnival Advertising Wooden Sign Folk Art, Americana
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Circus advertising wooden sign. These type of signs would go on the circus wagons or tents
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Early 1900s American American Craftsman Antique Circus Art

Materials

Wood

Circus
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right
Category

1920s Antique Circus Art

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

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Antique Circus Art For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of antique circus art for your home. An item from our selection of antique circus art — often made from wood, metal and iron — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of antique circus art — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each object in our assortment of antique circus art bearing Folk Art, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of antique circus art over the years, but those crafted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Gong Bell Mfg. Co. and Watson Silver are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Circus Art?

The average selling price for a piece of antique circus art at 1stDibs is $2,475, while they’re typically $96 on the low end and $51,500 for the highest priced.