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Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Mother and Baby Playing WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
" exhibition for his wood sculpture of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel. In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel. In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Balancing WPA Artist Mom and Child
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
circus performer Lillian Leitzel. In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, at several
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1960s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Couture 1937-40 ElsaSchiaparelli MarcelVertes HarlequinDuck GlazedCeramic Brooch
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
conjures an act orchestrated by circus performers. But instead of being a Schiaparelli commission for
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Vintage 1930s French Artisan Brooches

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal

Constantin Terechkovitch, The Flower Salon, from The Painters My Friends, 1965
By Constantin Terechkovitch
Located in Southampton, NY
—celebrated the beauty of everyday life through scenes of families, lovers, musicians, dancers, and circus
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photograph Marcus Leatherdale Shrouded Figure Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
portrayal of its individuals. His pictures include princesses and boatmen, movie stars and circus performers
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1980s 85 New Wave Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
for Victory" exhibition for his wood sculpture of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel. In 1949
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Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Behind the scenes"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
circus worker, performer, or technician preparing for their work. "Behind the Scenes" is not just a
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Craig Moran
Located in Yardley, PA
A circus of sorts Anonymous performers Reaching for the sky :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cowboy Dancing with Lariats, Hand Colored
Located in Phoenix, AZ
working with the Ringling Brothers Circus as a Wild West performer, Stroud also would enter multiple
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1920s Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Le Cirque
By Camille Bombois
Located in New York, NY
Bombois. This painting shows the circus ring where the performers would perform, the audience of
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Advice
By Walt Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
known to exist. Advice appears to be a portrait of circus or carnival performers in an off-stage moment.
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1910s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Garden Flowers
By Charles Demuth
Located in New York, NY
, and circus performers embody a sensual and sexual undercurrent, expressing the artist’s sense of
Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Read Head
By Richard Lindner
Located in San Francisco, CA
expressions. Among them are streetwalkers, military personnel, mannequins and circus performers---all looking
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Circus Performers"
By William Schulhoff
Located in Nashville, TN
En verso: exhibition label from Carnegie Institute Jovial and playful male circus performer
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circus Performers (Acrobats)
By Chaim Gross
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this ink and watercolor study for a sculpture, the artist Chaim Gross depicts two contorted figures whose facial features are rather child-like. Th artist lines are expressive and...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Ink

1940s Vintage Hand Painted Circus Performers Sheer Black Open Front Top With Tie
Located in Portland, OR
painted circus performers. We are always excited to find vintage hand painted clothing from the 1940's we
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1940s North American Blouses

"Circus Scene" Oil on Canvas by Gerrit Hondius
Located in Water Mill, NY
Vibrant oil painting of circus performers by Gerrit Hondius (1891-1970. His paintings hang in
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

Royal Doulton Character Jug Ringmaster D6863, 1990
By Royal Doulton
Located in Lugano, Ticino
Royal Doulton character jug, Ringmaster D6863. Designed by Stanley J. Taylor. Series: The Circus
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1990s British Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

1920s Kinetic Copper Sheet Sculpture of Circus Acrobats
Located in Hudson, NY
This metal and wire sculpture of circus performers was created between 1918 and 1922 by a Stevens
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Le Cirque ( Edition 109/130 )
By Paul Guiramand
Located in New York, NY
, White, Red Guiramand's lithograph "Le Cirque" features two circus performers, one catapulted on top of
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Clean Souls/Innocents IV
By Katarína Vavrová
Located in Van Nuys, CA
, the left filled with circus performers, the middle with nude woman and 3 sheep and poled by another
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

ALPHABET featuring Erika Lemay
By Douglas Kirkland
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
had the perfect subject in circus performer and physical poet, Erika Lemay, whom Douglas had
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2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bjørn Wiinblad, Circus Hopla, Unique Dishes
By Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Jylland, DK
that circus performers. The navy blue is perfect together with the off-white background. The dishes
Category

20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Dance Study #8 Shannon Chain
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
Category

1990s American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beauty Study #1388
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cally Lilly #2
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Post-Minimalist Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beauty Study #1085 Mary Malek
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tooverkaart of Genees middel der Wind-Breuken vant Zuid west en de [...].
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
acrobats, magicians and circus performers, incl. a magic lantern. Original engraved print from "Het Groote
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1720s Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Pietà d’apres Michelangelo, Sebastien Marcovici and Brooke Shields
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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2010s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #3285
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #3284, Shawnee Free Jones
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #3286, Katita Waldo
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cocoon, from the Underwater Study, #5293
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Corps de Ballet
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beauty Study #1070
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Post-Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #1539 Rachel Berman
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pascale Leroy
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #2617
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #2917
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tooverkaart of Genees middel der Wind-Breuken vant Zuid west en de [...].
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
two images diagonally cut. The images show circus performers, acrobats and magicians incl a magic
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1720s Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Human Body Study #1087
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nude Study #4080
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s Conceptual Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dance Study: Askia Swift
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Liquid Light Study #1030
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pregnancy Study #1104
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #3200
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
Category

1990s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Emily Rosenthal
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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Early 2000s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study #1
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dance Study: Paloma Herrera Feet
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Spring, 2009 Christian Lacroix Beaded Silk Bodice
By Christian Lacroix
Located in Dallas, TX
circus performer and I don't mean that in a negative. The bodice is amazing. The bodice has a blouson
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21st Century and Contemporary French Blouses

C. LE TALLEC - "Chinese Circus" - 1 Salad serving Bowl - Tiffany Co.
Located in LYON, FR
Chinese circus performers with fantastical animals, structures, jugglers, trees and flowers... Camille Le
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Vintage 1980s French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

C. LE TALLEC - "Chinese Circus" - 1 serving bowl - Tiffany Co. - ∅ 9.4 In.
Located in LYON, FR
18th century depictions of Chinese circus performers with fantastical animals, structures, jugglers
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Vintage 1980s French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Dance Study: Balance
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
Category

1990s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nude Study #651
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
, athletes, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work recently showed at the
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1990s American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

C. LE TALLEC - "Chinese Circus" - 1 Flat serving dish - Tiffany Co. - ∅ 12 In.
Located in LYON, FR
whimsical 18th century depictions of Chinese circus performers with fantastical animals, structures
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Antique 1880s French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

C. LE TALLEC - "Chinese Circus" - 1 Deep serving dish - Tiffany Co. - ∅ 11 In.
Located in LYON, FR
whimsical 18th century depictions of Chinese circus performers with fantastical animals, structures
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Vintage 1980s French Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

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Find the exact circus performer you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Modern examples as well as a Impressionist version. Making the right choice when shopping for a circus performer may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a circus performer to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of black, beige, brown, gray and more. There have been many interesting circus performer examples over the years, but those made by Walt Kuhn, Pierre Bosco, Dame Laura Knight, Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson and Peter Max are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and canvas can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Circus Performer?

The average selling price for a circus performer we offer is $2,700, while they’re typically $300 on the low end and $145,000 for the highest priced.