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Le Cirque (The Circus), from Cirque, 1967
By Marc Chagall
Located in Palo Alto, CA
performers. When speaking of circus performers and clowns, Chagall said, “Their colors and make-up draw me
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Le Cirque
Impressionist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By Suzanne Vattier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
portrayal of some local circus performers. Perfect addition to an interior looking to add some colour.
This
Category
1970s Fauvist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,023 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Nouveau Lady" by Georges Van Der Straeten
By Georges Van der Straeten
Located in London, GB
his figures of clowns, pierrots, ragamuffins, circus performers, buxom peasant girls and seductive
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Antique French Beauvais Grotesque Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
, depicting a Grotesque scene with an Elephant and performers from an exotic Circus. This rare tapestry is a
Category
Antique 17th Century French Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$240,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Abstract Figural Portrait by Josef Presser
By Josef Presser 1
Located in New York, NY
), circa 1950s. Known for his figural work this is a beautifully executed portrait of two circus performers
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Circus Dreams" Large Surreal Black and Blue Toned Dancing Performers Painting
By Doug Whitfield
Located in Houston, TX
performers flanked by an elephant and a central sphinx-like figure. Signed by artist in lower front right
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Personnage Au Chien After Max Papart Lithograph
By Max Papart
Located in Pasadena, CA
. He is best known for his depictions of circus performers, birds, figures, still lifes, and landscapes
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Backstage, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
defined Lautrec’s incisive studies of performers and circus life. In Dans les coulisses (Backstage
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Backstage, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
circus performers, offering a vivid window into the spectacle, discipline, and theatricality of the late
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Panel Work, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
that defined Lautrec’s incisive studies of performers and circus life. In Travail de panneau (Panel
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Rehearsal Work, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
that defined Lautrec’s incisive studies of performers and circus life. In Travail de repetition
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Chocolate, scene, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
Circus album, Lautrec performer lithograph, Lautrec circus scene print, Lautrec collectible lithograph.
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Art Nouveau Bronze Lady Bust Sculpture by Georges Van der Straeten, Paris
By Georges Van der Straeten
Located in Lisse, NL
for his figures of clowns, pierrots, ragamuffins, circus performers, buxom peasant girls and seductive
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ballets, Fantasy, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
(Ballets, Fantasy), originates from the 1952 album The Circus of Toulouse-Lautrec. Published by Paris Book
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dog Trainer, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
portrayals of acrobats, riders, clowns, animal trainers, and circus performers, offering a vivid window into
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Equestrienne of the Panel, The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
presence that defined Lautrec’s incisive studies of performers and circus life. In Ecuyere de panneau
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, High School Rider, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
, animal trainers, dancers, and circus performers, offering a vivid window into the spectacle, discipline
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, High School Rider, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
Freres, 1952 Circus album, Lautrec performer lithograph, Lautrec equestrian circus scene, Lautrec
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Clowness and Horse, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
, animal trainers, dancers, and circus performers, offering a vivid window into the spectacle, discipline
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, High School Rider, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
, animal trainers, and circus performers, offering a vivid window into the spectacle, discipline, and
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Work on the Panel, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Southampton, NY
, and circus performers, offering a vivid window into the spectacle, discipline, and theatricality of
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Dancer by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet
By Claire Jeanne Roberte Collinet
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
artist Jef Lambeaux. Her favorite subjects were exotic dancers, cabaret workers, and circus performers
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Roman Dancer by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet
By Claire Jeanne Roberte Collinet
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
artist Jef Lambeaux. Her favorite subjects were exotic dancers, cabaret workers, and circus performers
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
1994 exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris - Les deux frères
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
deeply rooted in Picasso’s fascination with the lives of circus performers and the marginalized figures
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Laurent Proneur Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, French American Artist
By Laurent Proneur
Located in Miami, FL
paintings and other works as a “neoteric experiment in fine art graffiti.” Raised in a family of circus
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$7,500 Sale Price
40% Off
"Le Petit Cirque Prinder, " Original Etching signd by Auguste Brouet
By Auguste Brouet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
circus performers surrounded by small children. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Prints
Materials
Pencil, Etching
Toulouse-Lautrec, Original Belle Epoque Poster, Ambassadeur Aristide Bruant 1906
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
dancers, circus performers, prostitutes and scenes of Parisian life.
We have been dealing in art
Category
20th Century French Belle Époque Posters
Materials
Paper
Portrait #1 from After Noon suite
By Richard Lindner
Located in San Francisco, CA
with severe expressions. Among them are streetwalkers, military personnel, mannequins and circus
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Still Life with Pitcher
Located in London, GB
capturing the men and women of his era during their work or, for instance, on their walks. He painted circus
Category
1950s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$765 Sale Price
60% Off
Hortense (Ballerina) /// Impressionism Degas French Ballet Renoir Figurative Art
By Pal Fried
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
prepare many paintings of ballerinas, dancers and circus performers.Fried emigrated to the United States
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Harlequin Lady and Her Owl - Color Drawing by Amalia Schulthess
Located in Pasadena, CA
in downward movement. Could she be a circus performer or perhaps an owl tamer? The woman's face
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
$1,100 Sale Price
24% Off
Oval Dove of Peace Abstract Carborundum etching with embossing, Signed/N, Frame
By Max Papart
Located in New York, NY
that is a surreal Pop Art interpretation of Cubism. Exuberant depictions of musicians, circus
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Graphite
Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
circus performer Lillian Leitzel.
In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, at several
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Circus Le Cirque - French Russian Circus Teriade
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 490-527
Note: Marc Chagall’s deep connection to the circus and its
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Vintage print Wolfgang Roth playing musical instrument, Mandolin
Located in Surfside, FL
cast of possibly The Littlest Circus. Performers have horse heads. The photo is stamped on the back
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colorful Doornspyk Market Women in Apenjak Coats – Dutch Costume Print, 1932
Located in Langweer, NL
,” named so for its resemblance to circus performers’ jackets. These are full-sleeved black garments with
Category
Vintage 1930s Prints
Materials
Paper
20th century etching figurative landscape city street black and white signed
By Edgar Chahine
Located in Milwaukee, WI
scenes of country fairs and street life. His sympathetic depictions of children, beggars, circus
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
58% Off
Antonio Mancini Italian 1920s Archived Pastel
By Antonio Mancini
Located in Roma, IT
poor, juvenile circus performers, and musicians he observed in the streets of Naples.
His portrait of
Category
Early 20th Century Futurist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Circus, " Color Lithograph on Paper signed by Constantin Terechkovitch
By Constantin Terechkovitch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
circus animals and performers in the three primary colors.
15" x 10 3/4" art
24 7/8" x 18 7/8" frame
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marcel Dzama Where All Harmonies are Tuned Limited Edition Print
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
.
Like most of Marcel Dzama's drawings, this print of old-fashioned circus performers is reminiscent of
Category
2010s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Woman Bathing
, Chouinard, Yale, ASL, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, GGIE
By Palmer Schoppe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
as he sought to capture the regional life of manual laborers, musicians, circus performers, sun
Category
1960s Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Post Impressionist Fauvist Art French Oil Painting Paris Bridge Urbain Huchet
By Urbain Huchet
Located in Surfside, FL
depictions of circus performers, vineyard workers having lunch, farmers, cabaret musicians and everyday
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Post Impressionist Fauvist Art French Oil Painting Dancer Urbain Huchet
By Urbain Huchet
Located in Surfside, FL
the Brittany region as he has a profound love for the coast. His wonderful depictions of circus
Category
20th Century Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Nude Figure Study of a Black Woman
By Raul Anguiano
Located in Soquel, CA
circus performers and prostitutes. The most notable among his works of the time are: The Madame (gouche
Category
1960s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Chaim Gross Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbi Klezmer Music WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
circus performer Lillian Leitzel.
In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, Israeli President, at several
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
for Victory" exhibition for his wood sculpture of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel.
In 1949
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pablo Picasso, Saltimbanque, from Fifteen Drawings, 1946 (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
. Saltimbanque reflects Picasso’s enduring fascination with circus performers—a theme that recurred throughout
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Constantin Terechkovitch, Tunisian Horseman, 1972
Located in Southampton, NY
—celebrated the beauty of everyday life through scenes of families, lovers, musicians, dancers, and circus
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri Matisse, The Sword Swallower, Jazz, Special Edition for MoMA, 1983 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
century. In L'Avaleur de sabres, Matisse transforms the dramatic spectacle of the circus performer into a
Category
1980s Fauvist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel.
In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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