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Clowns — Collection Theme

Curated by David Choberka

Group Details:

Objects in UMMA’s collection related to the theme of Clowns.

Harlequin Inkwell with porcelain clown, “D&P” 5406
1875-1975
Artist Unknown
porcelain
Musical Clown
1957
Marc Chagall
four-color lithograph on paper
Untitled
20th century
Artist Unknown
black and white photograph on Kodak paper
Death Loop
1928
Georgy Stenberg; Vladimir Stenberg
lithograph on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas
L’arlequin
1892-1966
Jean Lurçat
color etching with hand-coloring on paper
Circus Talk
20th century
Andrée Ruellan
graphite on white paper
L’arlequin et la jardiniere
1892-1966
Jean Lurçat
color etching with hand-coloring on paper
Die Familie des Harlekin
1922-1923
Gino Severini
lithograph on paper
Performing Dogs at the Circus
1820-1897
Francisco del Campo
oil on canvas
Los Proverbios (also known as “Los Disparates”), plate 14: Alegrias antruejo, que mañana seras ceniza (“Rejoice, carnival, for tomorrow thou wilt be ashes”) or Disparate de carnabal (Carnival folly)
circa 1864-1900
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
aquatint and etching on paper
Jo
1937
Augustus Peck
etching on paper
Cirque de l’Etoile Filante. Plate XIII: Le Renchéri (p.106)
1935
Georges Rouault
color etching on paper
As Long as I Don’t Have to Get Up Before 11:00
1984
Mark Kostabi
ink on paper
Nächtlicher Circus
1920
Josef Eberz
woodcut on paper
Cirque de l’Etoile Filante. Plate VII: Madame Louison
1935
Georges Rouault
color etching on paper
Harlequin
1955; printed 2006
Lucien Clergue
gelatin silver print on paper
Martyrdom of St. Matthias
circa 1493
Workshop of Michael Wolgemut; Workshop of Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
woodcut on laid paper
The Detraction of Good Things [Detractio Bonorum] from Sebastian Brant’s “Stultifera navis [The Ship of Fools]” published by Johann Bergmann
Artist Unknown
woodcut on paper
Two Couples and the Fool
1535
Hans Sebald Beham
engraving on paper
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Four Figures, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
The Dreamer
1988
Yamagata Hiro
bronze
Chanteur Américain, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Caudieux (Petit Casino), from the portfolio, “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Unidentified Actor from “18 Styles of Make-up”
Ueno Tadamasa
color print on paper
Camel
1824
Utagawa Kuniyasu
color woodblock print on paper
Five Musicians
1976
Mori Yoshitoshi
color woodblock print on paper
Out to Lunch
1988
Yamagata Hiro
bronze
The Big Boss
1989
Yamagata Hiro
bronze
Grand Theater of the Exposition, Palace of the Children (Grand Théâtre de L’Expo
1836-1932
Jules Cheret
color lithograph on off-white wove paper

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