Circus Big Top
"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
12 Adam D. Tihany for Le Cirque N.Y. Villeroy & Boch Oval Plates w/ Big Top
By Adam Tihany
Located in Bridgeport, CT
circus big top flying red flags and scattered colorful balls with double blue trim. Marked on verso
Category
20th Century Luxembourgish Hollywood Regency Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
H 0.75 in W 11 in D 8.5 in
Large Israeli Colorful Metal Wall Sculpture Painting Circus Scene Calman Shemi
By Calman Shemi
Located in Surfside, FL
unicycle, clown with umbrella, and acrobat under the circus big top tent.
Calman Shemi, sculptor and
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 34.5 in W 35.5 in D 4 in
"Shades of the Big Top"
By Paulette Victorine J. Van Roekens
Located in Lambertville, NJ
circuses, picnics, country fairs, beaches, themes from ballets and the theater, and crowded city views
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Shoved by Beauty" White, Pink, Green, Blue Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
playing with Vivian, one of his two young daughters by his first marriage, he painted a circus big top
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Pink Sky Circus, Oil Painting
By Hadley Northrop
Located in San Francisco, CA
, stripes, reflection, big top, treasure island, bay area, carnival, sky, small, oilpaint, architecture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
3 Circus Vistors ---exotic daguerreotype reproduction Framed
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
magnificent big top, the towering Ferris wheel, and the colorful banners heralding the extraordinary acts that
Category
2010s 85 New Wave Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Modernist Bronze Circus Ring Le Grand Chapiteau Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A whimsical modernist bronze sculpture titled "Le Grand Chapiteau (The Big Top)" from France
Category
Vintage 1950s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1950s French Childs Carnival/Circus Prop Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
, feet, hands and head with big blue eyes and top it off a fun blue hat falling forward.
The wooden
Category
Vintage 1930s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
MASTER OF CEREMONIES circus series exotic daguerreotype reproduction
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
woven into reality beneath the billowing canvas of the big top.
The "AI Circus Series" by acclaimed
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
HEAD CLOWN -- circus series enchanting exotic daguerreotype reproduction
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
all who enter the colorful world beneath the big top.
The "AI Circus Series" by acclaimed artist
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Trapeze Sisters circus series enchanting exotic daguerreotype reproduction
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
perform under the big top, they defy gravity and expectations, embodying the spirit of the circus with
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Fire of 1944 - Historic Disaster
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
the enormous big top and spread quickly ovet the canvas, which was waterproofed with gasoline and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Circus Floor Lamp Designed by Corinna Warm for Warm Black/Bronze
By Corinna Warm, WARM
Located in Santa Monica, CA
tent- “The Big Top”, is intended to compliment, rather than dominate an interior space, resulting in
Category
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Circus Floor Lamp Designed by Corinna Warm for Warm White/Bronze
By Corinna Warm, WARM
Located in Santa Monica, CA
tent- “The Big Top”, is intended to compliment, rather than dominate an interior space, resulting in
Category
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Yellow Gold Pearl Ruby Sapphire Circus Clown Charm -14k .12ctw Entertainer Moves
Located in Greensboro, NC
Clown, Big Top Entertainer, Performing Arts
Features: Articulating head, limbs, & body
Measurements
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21st Century and Contemporary Charm Bracelets
Materials
Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Circus Lot at Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape (1932).
Wilcox died on April 17, 1964, having taught at the
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Industrial Outdoor Round Bistro Tables, USA, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
A fine example of reinterpretation and realization of an old Industrial element. Four big zinc
Category
Vintage 1940s American Tables
Materials
Concrete, Iron, Zinc
Clown Fiddler
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
a single grin and a knowing wink, and his presence alone could light up the entire big top.
But what
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Tattooed and Bearded Lady -enchanting exotic daguerreotype reproduction Framed!
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
, and the celebration of the human experience came together under the canvas of the big top
The "AI
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Clown accordionist
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
and Accordion Andy were a dynamic duo that exemplified the magic of the big top, a world where
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Young Girl by the Window, Mid-century Portrait
By Ben Messick
Located in Soquel, CA
and 1950s. A critic for ART REVIEW described his Big Top work this way: "His circus canvases, however
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
On the Beach Baroque Style Figurative
By Ben Messick
Located in Soquel, CA
and 1950s. A critic for ART REVIEW described his Big Top work this way: "His circus canvases, however
Category
1940s Baroque Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, DE
Big Minis. Fetishes of Crisis, CAPC - Musée d'Art Contemporain
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 32.29 in W 47.84 in D 0.4 in
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Wrestler in a Green Singlet: Figurative Oil Painting of an Athlete by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic figurative oil painting of a muscular male athlete with a vintage green wrestling uniform
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21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Paintings
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Original Painted Small Bench, Hungary Dated 1841
Located in Round Top, TX
This delightful bench is a fun find due to its unique smaller scale at just over 3' long, perfect for a small space.
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Located in New York, NY
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Abstract Brutalist Iron Sculpture
Located in Dorchester, MA
In this abstract sculpture a cityscape of welded iron encases a central post rising from a round break hub. The rusty patina adds to its allure. Unsigned.
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Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Sculptures
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Evening Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Light" 1993 is a large original color lithograph on Arches paper by noted California artist Clark Mitchell, b.1951. It is hand signed, dated, titled and ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
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German Antique Bronze Sculpture “Fencer” by Fritz Heinemann
By Fritz Heinemann
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRITZ HEINEMANN
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Vintage Circus Tent Flag, Bailey
Located in Aurora, OR
These vintage circus flags come from the days of the Ringling, Barnum, and Bailey Big Top Circus
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Mid-20th Century Carnival Art
Feeding Time at the Circus
By Ben Messick
Located in Graton, CA
the 1940s and 1950s. A critic for ART REVIEW described his Big Top work this way: "His circus
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Pair of Folding Wrought Iron and Tole Circus Lions
Located in Stamford, GB
entrance to a big top. England, mid-20th century.
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Mid-20th Century English Primitive Carnival Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
"the Greatest Show on Earth" by American Artist Dennis Neville
By Dennis Neville
Located in Palm Springs, CA
entrance to see "the big show" and into the big top. Images on the side of the tent show the female snake
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"The Greatest Show on Earth" an Oil on Board by American Artist Dennis Neville
By Dennis Neville
Located in Palm Springs, CA
entrance to see "the big show" and into the big top. Images on the side of the tent show the female snake
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Wood
H 29 in W 41 in D 1.25 in
"Circus Is in Town, " Superb Social Realist Painting by Anne Walker, 1930s
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
circus big top on the edge of town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
H 24.5 in W 30.75 in L 24.5 in
1915 Barnum & Bailey Antique Circus Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
jubilant street crowd. At top left are inset portraits of the iconic circus founders, P. T. Barnum and
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Vintage 1910s American Posters
Materials
Paper
Pair of Fairground or Circus Entrance Lions
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
, welcoming patrons to the Big top or fairground attraction, English, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century English Carnival Art
Whimsical French 1950s Cast Bronze Circus Ring
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Under the Big Top" this very charming sculpture depicting a dynamic circus ring complete with
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Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Models and Miniatures
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Vintage "Colonial Toy Circus" by Allison Studios
Located in Baltimore, MD
, Illinois. The set, which we do not claim is complete, is comprised of a canvas big top mounted on a 0.5
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
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Original Vintage Poster The Circus These Men Use Shell You Can Be Sure Of Shell
Located in London, GB
colourful artwork depicting circus performers behind big top circus tents in a countryside setting, the
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Vintage 1930s British Posters
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Paper
H 30.12 in W 45.08 in D 0.04 in
"Circus" A Whimsical, Aqua, Hard Cover Book Collage on Wood Panel by Kerith Lisi
By Kerith Lisi
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
Though we may not be under the big top, Kerith Lisi's artpiece, Circus, radiates magic and wonder
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paste, Fabric, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Board
H 20.5 in W 10.5 in D 1.75 in
Le Cirque du Soleil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
below and the sun shining through the opening in the Big Top.
The circus was a recurrent them for Jean
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Felt Pen
Side Show Band
Located in Los Angeles, CA
who captured the “drama, pathos (and) comedy of the Big Top,” Robert Weaver devoted much of his career
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
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Mixed Media, Canvas
Silver Shawl
By Palmer Schoppe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and under the big top these motifs became increasingly more personal as Schoppe painted from memory
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Circus Big Top - Horses, Riders & Clowns
Located in Soquel, CA
an unknown California artist, titled "Circus Big Top - Horses, Riders and Clowns." Unsigned. Unframed
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus (Big Top Tiger Cage Painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mary Rose Palau (American, 20th century). Circus, ca. 1965. Oil on canvas, 28 x 30 inches, 37 x 39
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Sunmasters Umbrella Rainbow Big Top Circus Colorful Tassel Fringe
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Costa Mesa, California. Massive 8 foot diameter. The colors are so amazing, with a big top Circus
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
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Naugahyde
Whimsical Circus Theme Wicker Handbag by Soure Bag NY circa 1950s
Located in University City, MO
velvet striped ribbons replicating the big top circus tent theme
The front exterior features an
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Buffalo Bill Signed Letter Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
decided to make a living on the stage.
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show was a circus-like pageant
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Antique 1890s Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster The Circus These Men Use Shell You Can Be Sure Of Shell
Located in London, GB
colourful artwork depicting circus performers behind big top circus tents in a countryside setting, the
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1930s More Prints
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American Art Deco Sterling Silver Baby Cup with Circus Animals
By H.R. Morss & Co. 1
Located in New York, NY
name of the big top’s star attraction. Fully marked with HR Morss maker's stamp and no. 5624. This
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Under the Big Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
Heart-warming folk art circus tent with animals.
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Carnival Art
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Metal
Hermes Circus Theme Tea Set
By Hermès
Located in New Hope, PA
Tea for two under the Hermes Big Top! What could be more fun?
A lovely porcelain tea pot is
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Late 20th Century French Other
Carved Wood Indian Circus Wagon Figure
Located in New York, NY
came as a parade in colorful wagons meant to lure all the towns people to the big top. It would have
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Materials
Wood
Painted Cast Aluminum STRONG ARM Carnival Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
traveling Fair or circus, where a large mallet was used to hit a big button to send a sliding marker up a
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Vintage 1930s Wall Lights and Sconces
A Cast Aluminum "Strong Arm" Carnival Torch
Located in San Francisco, CA
traveling Fair or circus, where a large mallet was used to hit a big button to send a sliding marker up a
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Early 20th Century European Carnival Art
Materials
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1960s Malcolm Starr Ringmaster Skirt
Located in Rockwood, ON
circus with the big top colors all around. Lions, panthers - all the bog cats are represented and made of
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1960s Skirts
Untitled
By Rafał Olbiński
Located in Manhattan, NY
Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles, and The Big Crit 2000 award by Critique Magazine in San Francisco. In
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Circus Tent Flag, Ringling
Located in Aurora, OR
These vintage circus flags come from the days of the Ringling, Barnum and Bailey Big Top Circus
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Mid-20th Century Carnival Art
Hermes Silk Scarve, 'Circus' by Annie Faivre
By Annie Faivre, Hermès
Located in By Appointment Only, GB
All the fun of the 'Big Top', an Absolutely fabulous Hermes scarf by one of Hermes favorite
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Circus Big Top For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the circus big top you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many abstract, contemporary and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a circus big top from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a circus big top to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, gray, beige, blue and more. There have been many interesting circus big top examples over the years, but those made by Ben Messick, Eric Edward Esper, Hadley Northrop, Jim Shaw and Calman Shemi are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas.
How Much is a Circus Big Top?
The price for a circus big top in our collection starts at $399 and tops out at $30,650 with the average selling for $2,009.
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