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Underwater Study 1
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work
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1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nude Study 1138
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own
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1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vikkia Lambert, Dance Study 11
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own
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1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dance Study: Askia Swift
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
Light. He has since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus
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1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Redhead Study 20
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and
Category

1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tiffany Heft #1
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work often straddles the
Category

1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Shannon Chain 14
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own
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1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dance Study: Balance
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and
Category

1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Corps du Ballet, Underwater Study 3094
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own
Category

1990s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study 2433
By Howard Schatz
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

Underwater Study 104, Wet Kids
By Howard Schatz
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Archival Pigment

“The Circus Performer”
By William Gropper
Located in Southampton, NY
Original gouache on archival paper of a female circus performer by the American artist, William
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1950s Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

Israeli Surrealist Painting Female Circus Performer Acrobat with Cat
By Haya Graetz Ran
Located in Surfside, FL
Voluptuous, ala Fernando Botero, female circus performer with spectators and cat. Haya Ran was born
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Harlequin, Circus Performer Modern French Oil Painting
By Pierre Bosco
Located in Surfside, FL
Pierre Bosco, (1909- a member of the famous Italian Della Rovere family, was born in Visco, the province of Udine in Italy. At an early age, he develops an interest in art, His eve...
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Circus Performers - French Naive Figurative Oil by Camille Bombois
By Camille Bombois
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
work depicts circus performers - three clowns and a strong woman in a pink dress - standing on an
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1950s Post-Impressionist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Circus Performer - Gouache by Jerry Williamson
Located in Pasadena, CA
for Portrait painting, street performers, and more. After being a hair colorist for 10 years working
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Late 20th Century Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Manner of Ruskin Spear - Mid 20th Century Oil, Circus Performers
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting three circus clowns of differing heights. They wear classic exaggerated
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20th Century Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Oil

Framed 20th Century Oil - The Circus Acrobat
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful study of a circus performer, saddled up on an elephant, ready to entertain the paying
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20th Century Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Oil

Monumental 1940s Americana Painted Circus Banner by O. Henry Tent Awning
By O. Henry Tent and Awning Co., Fred G. Johnson
Located in Queens, NY
circus performers. The banner is signed by Fred Johnson-O Henry Tent & Awning, Chicago.
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Canvas

Italian Diamond Enamel Circus or Street Performer Brooch Statue and Stand
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Entertaining Italian 18k yellow gold street / circus performer balancing on a ball on one foot with
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20th Century Italian Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold, Silver

Lizanne - 1973 Oil, The Circus
Located in Corsham, GB
jumble of circus performers merging in a cacophony of movement. The artist has signed and dated to the
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Oil

Tiffany Co Gene Moore Sterling Silver Enamel Circus Strongman
By Tiffany Co.
Located in Simpsonville, SC
muscular form showcasing the brawny physique typical of a circus performer. Enamel accents bring vivid
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Late 20th Century Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Original Vintage Poster Zirkus Aeros Eros Circus Ft. Delhi The Cycling Elephant
Located in London, GB
1941 by the circus performer and animal tamer Cliff Aeros (Julius Jager; 1889-1952), the Aeros / Eros
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1960s German Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper

Whimsical Hermes silk twill scarf Cirque Molier Phillipe Dumas 36" x 36" 1980s
By Hermès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
features an enraptured audience that surrounds the main event of circus performers...Black border with
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Late 20th Century French Vintage Circus Performers

Hermes Circus Theme Tea Set
By Hermès
Located in New Hope, PA
circus performer. The set is in pristine, unused condition.
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Late 20th Century French Vintage Circus Performers

Oval Acrobat by Max Papart
By Max Papart
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful plexi box frame He was a French painter/ artist. He is best known for his depictions of circus
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1980s Cubist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Lithograph

Max Papart April Romance Modern Aquatint Etching Signed
By Max Papart
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
circus performers, birds, figures, still lifes, and landscapes in a colorful Cubist style. Papart's work
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20th Century French Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper

Max Papart Modern Remembering Tomorrow Etching Signed
By Max Papart
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
his depictions of circus performers, birds, figures, still lifes, and landscapes in a colorful Cubist
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20th Century French Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper

Max Papart Oiseau-Solitude Portfolio 11 Signed Lithographs Clamshell Case 31/99
By Max Papart
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
. H. Grafik Stockholm, 1977. Max Papart is best known for his depictions of circus performers, birds
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1970s Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper

"Circus and Carnival Performers" by Lucile Blanch
By Lucile Blanch
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This was a painted panel utilized in an artist created carousel featured in the Woodstock Library Fair circa 1950s. See included image.
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1950s American Folk Art Vintage Circus Performers

Wolfgang Roth Bauhaus Dada Circus photo
Located in Surfside, FL
cast of possibly The Littlest Circus. Performers have horse heads. The photo is stamped on the back
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1940s Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wolfgang Roth Bauhaus Dada Circus photo
Located in Surfside, FL
cast of possibly The Littlest Circus. Performers have horse heads. The photo is stamped on the back
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1940s Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le Cirque du Soleil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
. Arène has mangaed to capture all the movement and dynamics of the circus performers as they swing
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Felt Pen

Untitled (large framed hand signed abstract lithograph)
By Max Papart
Located in Aventura, FL
artist: Max Papart was a French painter and printmaker. He is best known for his depictions of circus
Category

1980s Cubist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Untitled (large framed hand signed abstract etching)
By Max Papart
Located in Aventura, FL
Papart was a French painter and printmaker. He is best known for his depictions of circus performers
Category

1980s Cubist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Etching

Janis Joplin, singer, Port Arthur, Texas, August 28, 1969
By Richard Avedon
Located in New York, NY
dynamic portraits of prominent 20th century figures, as well as images of mental patients, circus
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1960s Vintage Circus Performers

Original Art Deco Circus Illustration Gouache Painting, Drawing Lady with Horses
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
be a circus performer or acrobat with horses. Measures 26" H x 23-1/2" W, sight. frame measures 33-1
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Large Art Deco Circus Illustration Gouache Painting Ballerina with Horse and Dog
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original gouache painting on board. It appears to be a circus performer or acrobat with
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Gouache, Board

Lavandeuses Au Bord De La Riviere
By Camille Bombois
Located in Naples, Florida
, he often painted circus performers and landscapes with fishermen. His paintings of women are emphatic
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Oil

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
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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 Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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 Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Unique Mid-Century Original Mixed Media Newsprint and Crayon. Hat and Flowers.
By Max Papart
Located in Cotignac, FR
and printmaker. He is best known for his depictions of circus performers, birds, figures, still lifes
Category

Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Crayon, Newsprint

Mount Webster, Colorado, Large Framed Spring Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Barrett, Versa took up lithography in 1946. Her first image, Acrobat, showing a circus performer washing
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1960s American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Oil

Silver Shawl
By Palmer Schoppe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
informed his paintings as he captured the regional life of manual laborers, musicians, circus performers
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1980s Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couple dans la nuit by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
blue floats an angel, a donkey and a circus performer, all symbols of purity and innocence. The donkey
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20th Century Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Masonite, India Ink, Tempera

Circus Acrobats Painting by San Francisco Artist Pascal Cucaro circa 1955
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming expressionist style painting of circus acrobat performers by California San Francisco
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Mid-20th Century American Expressionist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Canvas

Very Large Scottish Folk Art Original Working Circus Training Horse Mount
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Scottish circus to teach the performers how to mount a horse and perform various routines. The horse has an
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1950s Scottish Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Wood

Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Tile with Nude Titled Circus Trapeze
By Eric James Mellon 1
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
with a seated nude and with a female trapeze performer titled Circus:Trapeze by renowned ceramic artist
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1990s English Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Stoneware

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
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Chaim Gross colored lithgraph titled Mother s joy signed
Located in Palm Springs, CA
figure, his central image, is often shown as a circus performer or dancer and also as a devoted family
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1970s American Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Lithograph

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
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20th Century American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Marble

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
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Chinois ( Theatre Chinois ) etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
etchings + aquatint, (some with gold added) . This print shows the circus arena with seven performers. This
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1960s Surrealist Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Etching

Salvador Dali etching Chinois (Theatre Chinois)
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
+ aquatint, (some with gold added). This print shows the circus arena with seven performers. This original
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1960s Spanish Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Paper

Side-Show Tattooed Man Peter Blake pop art woodcut portfolio on Japanese paper
By Peter Blake
Located in New York, NY
this portfolio of woodcuts depicting circus freaks. Drawing from postcards, magazines, posters and
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Circus Performers

Materials

Woodcut

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Vintage Circus Performers For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage circus performers for sale on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect Modern, Impressionist or Post-Impressionist examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add vintage circus performers that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of black, beige, brown, gray and more. Walt Kuhn, Pierre Bosco, Dame Laura Knight, Chaim Gross and Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas.

How Much are Vintage Circus Performers?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — vintage circus performers in our inventory begin at $300 and can go as high as $145,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,150.