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Circus Figures by French Artist Jean Dassonval, 1989
Located in Larchmont, NY
Jean Dassonval (French, 1939-2012) Untitled, 1989 Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Dassonval Stamped verso: Jean Dassonval Inscribed in Fren...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

"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...
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Circus Character - Original Tempera by J. René Paulz - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
stain. The artwork represents circus figures, in delighted pink scenery. The artist made a beautiful
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Tempera

American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled (Circus Figures), 20th century Oil on board 16 x 19 3/4
Category

20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Circus - Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1995
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
with contrasting colors and are represented as two jugglers or circus figures. The circus poetic
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Tiger Circus Toy c.1903-1935
By Schoenhut
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Humpty Dumpty Circus" collection. Made from carved wood with original hand painted finish, articulated
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Lion Circus Toy c.1903-1935
By Schoenhut
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Humpty Dumpty Circus" collection. Made from carved wood with original hand painted finish, articulated
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Lion Circus Toy c.1903-1935
By Schoenhut
Located in San Francisco, CA
. This small company expanded to make other musical instruments, wooden “character” dolls, circus figures
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Giraffe Circus Toy c.1903-1935
By Schoenhut
Located in San Francisco, CA
“character” dolls, circus figures, doll houses and doll furniture, push and pull toys, and a wide variety of
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Dark Lion Circus Toy c.1903-1935
By Schoenhut
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Humpty Dumpty Circus" collection. Made from carved wood with original hand painted finish, articulated
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

En El Balcon, original lithograph
By Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Belgrade, MT
color in combination with lyrical interpretations of daily life in the city, the circus, figures
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tiffany & Co. "Diamonds of Tiffany" Platinum and Diamond "Loop" Earrings
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Picasso jewels and Elsa Peretti, as well as Tiffany Circus figures by Gene Moore and wristwatches by Patek
Category

Late 20th Century American Clip-on Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Platinum

Au Cirque - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures & Horse at Circus by Marcel Cosson
By Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
piece gives a behind the scenes look at a French circus. The ringmaster, dressed in his red jacket and
Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Circus Wagon
By Louise Nevelson
Located in New York, NY
Louise Nevelson created the etching and aquatint entitled “CIRCUS WAGON” in 1953. This scarce EARLY
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Circus Wagon
Circus Wagon
H 24.25 in W 27.13 in D 0.13 in
Alexander Archipenko, Terracotta Abstract Cubist Sculpture, ca. 1937
By Alexander Archipenko
Located in New York, NY
the concept of collage in sculpture in his famous Medrano series, depictions of circus figures in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

At the Circus
By Martha Walter
Located in Lawrence, NY
City and continued to paint colorful figures at the beach by visiting Coney Island, Atlantic City and
Category

1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Piccadilly Circus by Fortunino Matania
By Fortunino Matania
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fortunino Matania 1881-1963 Italian Piccadilly Circus Signed “Matania” (center, on bus
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Circus - Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1998
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli in 1998
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Circus - Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1995
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
Italian title: Circo), alludes to the movimented and the joyful world of the circus games. The figures
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Circus - Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1999
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli in 1999
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Le Cirque (The Circus), from Cirque, 1967
By Marc Chagall
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1967, Marc Chagall’s Le Cirque (The Circus), from Cirque, 1967 is a color lithograph on
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mussolini At Circus Maximus - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini At Circus Maximus' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus
Category

1930s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Circus - Original Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1999
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
figures allude to the magic world of the circus and the jugglers, a theme very used and loved by this
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Interior Scene with Figures
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Interior Scene with Figures Ink and watercolor on paper, c. 1930's Signed with the Estate stamp
Category

1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Night At The Circus - Cheerful Figurative Painting
By Courtney Simone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and stylistic distortions of female figures, she harmonizes the concepts of familiar comfort and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Circus - Mixed Media by Antonio Vangelli - 1996
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli in 1996
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Folk Art Mexican Girl, Circus Clown Juggler
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
delicate range of color. The figures, all children or child-like adults, are all curves and simple shapes
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Nightfall, Piccadilly Circus-original impressionism London cityscape painting
By David Farren
Located in London, Chelsea
"Nightfall, Piccadilly Circus" by David Farren is a spellbinding original cityscape painting that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Circus - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2019
By Anastasia Kurakina
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is an original oil painting on canvas, realized in 2019 by the emerging artist, Anastasia
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circus Princess. 2015. Oil on canvas, 65x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Circus Princess. 2015. Oil on canvas, 65x60 cm Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Figurative Primary Color Circus Acrobat Clown Painting
By Forrest Bess
Located in Houston, TX
Forrest Bess's laboriously textured multi-colored painting resembles a scene of two circus acrobats
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Circus II" contemporary bronze table sculpture figurative femininity balance
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Circus II is a bronze table sculpture, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

"Circus Performers, " Brilliant Example of Surrealist Folk Art in Inlaid Wood
By Renato Maggiora
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, depicts a pair of circus acrobats at the centre, highly stylized and showing the influence of Cubism
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque, 1968 (347 Series, B.1696)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
"At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque" is an etching from Picasso's 347 Series, image size 6.5 x
Category

20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Etching

Figures - Drawing by Charles Dufresne - Early 20th Century
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Charles Dufresne (1876-1938). The artwork is
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS Circus, Trapeze Artists, Horse rider and Acrobats gouache on paper Hand signed and
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS Circus, Trapeze Artists, Horse rider and Acrobats gouache on paper Hand signed and
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS Circus, Trapeze Artists and Acrobats gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Warrington Circus PA" Bucks County Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
Post-Impressionist summer pastoral scene of a circus with tent, balloons, figures and Elephant in
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " Vivid WPA-Era Painting with Semi-Nude Performer
By William Schulhoff 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and curtains behind the figures, give a sense of the circus environment. The painter, William
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Figures - Original Drawing by Charles Dufresne - Early 20th Century
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Charles Dufresne (1876-1938). The artwork is
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

American Painter, Gifford Beal, "Rowhouses" Landscape Painting with figures
By Gifford Beal
Located in Rockport, MA
and everyday side of life. Some of his best known pictures are of holiday crowds, circus performers
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles, " Purple Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles" is an original purple ink drawing by David Barnett. The
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

French Surrealist Circus Scene, Children with Balloons Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
began painting slender, young, androgynous figures in groups, set in sparse landscapes with suggestions
Category

20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS ''Circus, Fire Eaters'', 1989, gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom center
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Figures of Women - Original Drawing by Charles Dufresne - Early 20th
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Women is an Original China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Charles Dufresne
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

French Mod Surrealist Commedia dell'arte Circus Scene Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989) Oil on canvas painting depicting four figures Hand signed
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Two Figures - Original Drawing by Charles Dufresne - Early 20th Century
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Roma, IT
Two Figures is an Original Pen Drawing realized by Charles Dufresne (1876-1938). The little
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Felt Pen

Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
the wonderful components of a Red Grooms piece, Keystone Kops policemen, Circus, Cactus, Cowboys
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Piccadilly Circus in London City at Night with Red Bus by Urban Landscape Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Piccadilly Circus in the City of London at Night with a Red London Bus, by Contemporary Urban
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Les Emigrants, " Roller Engraving of Figures signed by Auguste Brouet
By Auguste Brouet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
circus life of Paris. Brouet's sensitivity and sympathy for his subjects, shows an artist, who has lived
Category

Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Contemporary Indian Art Master Lithograph in Color Abstract Figures with Cat
By Sakti Burman
Located in Surfside, FL
Circus scene with cat, lithograph. (possibly colored with watercolor painting. I am not sure
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso) Watercolor on heavy textured paper, 1938
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Three Men in Tatters, " Surrealist Painting with Semi-Nude Figures by Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Over his long career, John Lear liked to depict nude or half-nude male figures set in fantastic or
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

At the Races - Post Impressionist Horses & Figures Oil by Jacques-Emile Blanche
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist horses and figures in landscape oil on canvas by French painter Jacques
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Chez Maxim's - Post Impressionist Oil Figures in Interior by Pierre de Belay
By Pierre de Belay
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figures in interior oil on canvas by French post impressionist painter Pierre De
Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

At the Beach - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Pierre de Belay
By Pierre de Belay
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
materialist construction. Next came circus scenes and scenes of Parisian life in the 1930s. It was only in
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

"Red Tape", Early and Important Surrealist Painting by John Lear w/ Male Nudes
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, this image depicts three male nude figures connected by a trailing line of red ribbon and framed by a
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Circle of Adolphe Monticelli Impressionist painting of horse and cart
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Harkstead, GB
very skillfully captured the dappled light of the forest as it picks out the movement of the figures
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century Tobacco Trade Sign Carving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
and carved a whole range of advertising trade figures as well as carved circus wagon figures. After
Category

Antique 19th Century American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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Circus figures can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,430, while the lowest priced sells for $70 and the highest can go for as much as $179,950.