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Vintage 1940’s Circus Acrobat Oil on Canvas Painting. Unique modern style.
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a highly stylized circus acrobat scene. Done “en grissille” or shades of grey, it portrays
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circus Clown and Guitarist
Located in Milford, NH
A fine graphite drawing of a circus clown with guitarist by British / Canadian artist Jack Leonard
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Circus Family
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist
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1940s Paintings

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Oil

Circus Trapeze Acrobat
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
Proof Lithograph of a Circus scene. This depicts a trapeze artist an acrobat on the high wire. This
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Litho Circus Poster, Clown and Circus Scenes, Willsons Leicester
Located in Antwerp, BE
Litho circus poster with clown and lots of circus scenes. A colorful Art Deco lithographic circus
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Circus Lovers (Horse & Dog)
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
Proof Lithograph of a Circus scene. This depicts a trapeze artist an acrobat on the high wire. This
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1940s Art Deco Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Circus and the Parade
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1949 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered II/XX Publisher : La Guilde de la Gravure (Paris-Genève) Catalog : Passeron, p.130 38.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 14.96 in. x...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Kids with Circus Poster, NYC
By Morris Engel
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin. Signed in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. Morris Engel was an American street photographer and ci...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jean Gabriel Daragnès - Circus - Original Etching
By Jean Gabriel Daragnès
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Gabriel Daragnès - Circus - Original Etching Paris, Le Gerbier, 1946 Edition of 340 Jean
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Clown, Medrano Circus, France
By Benton Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Clown, Medrano Circus, France" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Clown, Medrano Circus, France
By Benton Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Clown, Medrano Circus, France" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Henry Rox Photograph MOMA Art Connoisseur Sausage 1940s
By Henry Rox
Located in Camden, ME
Pear (1936), Banana Circus (1940)
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
A recent Kuhn Circus Performer sold for $312,000 at Bonhams, NY Bert Lahr shined in the role of The
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circus Girl with Horses Lithograph with Hand Coloring
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
Proof Lithograph of a Circus scene. This depicts a circus girl with horses. This came from a portfolio
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1940s Post-Impressionist Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Circus in Villefranche-sur-Mer- Drawing in Pencil - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1948 and attributed to Géo François. Titled
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Industrial Outdoor Round Bistro Tables, USA, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
letters from an American Circus A C P U have been reused as legs of four French Bistrot outdoor round
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Vintage 1940s American Tables

Materials

Concrete, Iron, Zinc

Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Piccadilly Circus
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post-war London Underground Transport poster for London Piccadilly Circus
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

"The Circus" Original Surreal Watercolor & Ink Drawing by Walter Schnackenberg
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Georges Schreiber Circus Scene Painting with Trapeze Artist, 1948, "Mid Air 2"
By Georges Schreiber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) oil on canvas circus scene with Trapeze Artist. Measures 36"h x 24"w
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint

Outsider Art Painting by Zoute, 1940
By Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
, NY. Albright Knox Art Gallery Exhibition old paper label on back - titled - Circus Barker
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Wood

Harlequin, Circus Performer Modern French Oil Painting
By Pierre Bosco
Located in Surfside, FL
for the artist. In 1940 he befriends the painter André Marchand and manages to make a living by
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

"Clowns: Aren't We All?" Henry Glintenkamp, WPA Era Circus Figures, Modern
By Hendrik Glintenkamp
Located in New York, NY
Hendrik (Henry) J Glintenkamp Clowns: Aren't We All?, 1942 Signed lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse Oil on Masonite 20 x 16 inches The painter and illustrator Henr...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Contemporary American Modern
By Joseph O'Sickey
Located in Beachwood, OH
) Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Circus Series, 1991 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower
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1990s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

African American Mother and Child by Peggy Dodds Circa 1940's
By Peggy Dodds
Located in Rochester, NY
canvas. Circa 1940's. Unframed. please, contact us for shipping options. Presented by Joseph Dasta
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Surrealist Circus Scene, Children with Balloons Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year-old, he and his mother fled Paris for Corrèze in
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Mod Surrealist Commedia dell'arte Circus Scene Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
Solange Serrier. His father fought in World War II and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

African American Mother and Child by Peggy Dodds Circa 1940's
Located in Rochester, NY
canvas. Circa 1940's. Unframed. Peggy Dodds lived in a home in the 1940's in Paterson, New Jersey and
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Paint

"Reclining Nude" Everett Shinn, Figurative Woman Watercolor, Ashcan School
By Everett Shinn
Located in New York, NY
Everett Shinn Reclining Nude, 1940 Signed and dated lower left Watercolor on paper 4 1/2 x 9 inches
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1940s Ashcan School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

On the Beach Baroque Style Figurative
By Ben Messick
Located in Soquel, CA
a childhood fascination with the circus and started drawing and painting the circus in 1935. His
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1940s Baroque Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Paper

"Child in an American Landscape" James Gantt, Midwestern Regionalism, Missouri
Located in New York, NY
James Britton Gantt (1911 - 1984) Child in an American Landscape, 1940 Egg tempera on board 17 1/2
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Intermission (Ballerina) /// Impressionism Degas French Ballet Renoir Figurative
By Pal Fried
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
left Circa: 1940 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed in a gold Louis XV
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Hortense (Ballerina) /// Impressionism Degas French Ballet Renoir Figurative Art
By Pal Fried
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Circa: 1940 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Framed in a light gold Belgian gold Louis
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
with circuses and carnivals in this period, capturing the public and private moments of clowns, trapeze
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Young Girl by the Window, Mid-century Portrait
By Ben Messick
Located in Soquel, CA
a childhood fascination with the circus and started drawing and painting the circus in 1935. His
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Paper

1941 Dumbo (French) Original Vintage Poster
By Walt Disney
Located in Winchester, GB
colour with Dumbo & friends depicted in the circus.
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Vintage 1940s American Posters

Materials

Paper

1941 Dumbo (French) Original Vintage Poster
1941 Dumbo (French) Original Vintage Poster
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H 63 in W 47 in D 0.1 in
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Waterloo Station Southern Railway
Located in London, GB
Chessington Zoo and Circus driving by in the foreground, the glass ceiling architecture and the iconic four
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Nico Molenkamp painting Giraffe edition 2/20 (1920-1998) Netherlands
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
shades, unexpected accents and shades and bold contrasts. His themes are the circus, the fair, the
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Vintage 1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Le Cirque
By Camille Bombois
Located in New York, NY
Le Cirque is a rare and most sought after image by the artist of the circus by collectors of
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Cirque
Le Cirque
H 21 in W 18 in D 3 in
Untitled, 1947
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
animals and other articulated characters in wire and he animated them by staging miniatures in a circus
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1940s Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Cross
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
who infused his artwork with a wit and whimsy inspired by his early fascination with the circus. His
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Cross
The Cross
H 28.75 in W 36.25 in
Darkness (portrait of a young woman)
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fletcher Martin (1904-1979). Darkness, 1940. Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches; 28.5 x 32.5 inches
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Reclining Female Nude
By Henry George Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, 1929 (prize); Calif. WC Society, 1940; Cleveland Museum, 1950 (memorial). In: Library of Congress
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Trapezist - Original Pencil Drawing by E. Berman - Mid 20th Century
By Eugene Berman
Located in Roma, IT
, representing a circus scene with two jugglers in a bold perspective. An interesting piece in excellent
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

'Circular Motion' original lithograph signed by Georges Schreiber
By Georges Schreiber
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this lithograph, Georges Schreiber focused on the thrill of the circus, taking its circular
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1940s American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Riders of Pigeon Hill
By Jon Corbino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of floods and other disasters, as well as his portrayals of circuses, ballets, religious themes, and
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Jazz Age Paris Interracial Couple Lovers Marcel Vertes Color Lithograph
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
, portrayals of women and depictions of circus and cabaret acts, Vertes left a legacy of original lithographs
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

"Heavyweight" by Felix Man
Located in London, GB
performing elephants. This stunt forms part of her act for the Chessington Circus, currently at the Scala
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
By Murray McNeel Caird Urquhart
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
By Agnes Yarnall
Located in New York, NY
"Pandora and Other Poems", "Hesperidies and Other Poems", "An Attemped Evocation of the Civil War", "Circus
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1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cabaret Dancer (ala Toulouse Lautrec)
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Surfside, FL
Proof Lithograph of a Circus scene. This depicts a Cabaret Dancer. This came from a portfolio inscribed
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Walking the Tightrope, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
wanted for his circus-theme cover painting - on the Brotherton farm near Westport, Connecticut- Stevan
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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