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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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in D 1 in
"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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Ink, Tempera
H 12.8 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Free Shipping
W 10.5 in L 0.75 in
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Terracotta
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Lithograph
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Watercolor
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media
H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 1.19 in
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 1.19 in
Modernist Bronze Circus Ring Le Grand Chapiteau Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
. Marked FG100. Circa 1950s. Complete with small figures depicting classic circus characters such as
Category
1950s French Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Bronze
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Burlap, Oil
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Oil
H 34.5 in W 27.5 in D 2 in
Les Gueules Degoulinantes - Circus Lithograph by Alexander Calder 1966
By Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original Alexander Calder lithograph of colorful clown figures from Derriere Le Miroir, February
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Lithograph
"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
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Wood
H 18.5 in W 22 in D 1.5 in
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paper, Etching
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Circus Figures
H 41.5 in W 35 in D 2 in
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
H 18 in W 17 in D 0.75 in
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 Vintage Circus Figures
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 Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Oil, Board
"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
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paint
H 16 in W 14.25 in D 2.5 in
Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
Blum family moved to Bukarest where they settled in a house situated near a circus. The circus would
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media
Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Boats
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
Blum family moved to Bukarest where they settled in a house situated near a circus. The circus would
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media
Bouquet Of Roses Large Sill Life
Located in Delray Beach, FL
figures of this Provence that he loves so much.
He even opens the door to his garden, where he offers
Category
1990s Expressionist Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red and Blue Spirals
By Alexander Calder
Located in Missouri, MO
environment of art, and from an early age, he was making figures from found objects. Because of the father's
Category
1970s Abstract Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Color, Lithograph
"Trio, " Rare and Early Oil Painting of Three Nudes in Surreal Landscape by Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Unlike Cadmus, Lear depicted nude or half-nude figures set in fantastic or exotic environments such as
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Canvas
H 22.5 in W 18.25 in
Autumn Walk in the Woods - Midcentury Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful midcentury impasto landscape in warm autumnal tones of small figures walking through the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 23 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
Israeli Motke Blum Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Bezalel Artist
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
Bucharest where they settled in a house situated near a circus. The circus would become young Blum's
Category
20th Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Illustration Board
VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Union City, NJ
was again in Europe and turned to Surrealist circus and architectural themes influenced by Giorgio de
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Lithograph
Richard Linder Girl with Hoop Signed Modern Cubist Lithograph 32/175 Framed 1971
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
his bizarrely erotic portraits which meld human figures with machine-like elements. From the personal
Category
1970s Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paper
H 33.75 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
Calder Stabiles
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Missouri, MO
for living expenses.
He assembled a "Circus," of miniature, hand activated one-wire figures with
Category
20th Century Surrealist Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Color
Rare Cast Painted Bronze Head Sculpture British Realist Sculptor John Davies
Located in Surfside, FL
London, to which he returned three years later to present his sculptures: lifesize polychrome figures
Category
1990s Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
1970s Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paper
H 28 in W 21 in D 2.75 in
Playful Bronze Elephant by Barbara Beretich
By Barbara Beretich
Located in Palm Desert, CA
playful with one of his front legs raised on a ball much like a circus elephant. His trunk is curled up
Category
1970s American Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Abstract Composition
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
Bukarest where they settled in a house situated near a circus. The circus would become young Blum's
Category
20th Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Mixed Media
Red Sphere on Yellow Ground, mid-century modern abstract lithograph
By Alexander Calder
Located in Beachwood, OH
for living expenses.
He assembled a "Circus," of miniature, hand activated one-wire figures with
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Lithograph
Fiesta, c. 1973, red, yellow & blue figurative abstract lithograph
By Alexander Calder
Located in Beachwood, OH
for living expenses.
He assembled a "Circus," of miniature, hand activated one-wire figures with
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Lithograph
Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Seascape Oil Painting Tel Aviv Harbor
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
circus. The circus would become young Blum's greatest love. He befriended several of the clowns and other
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jean-Pierre Clement Painting
By Jean-Pierre Clement
Located in Norwalk, CT
A surrealist painting by listed French artist Jean Pierre Clement depicting two whimsical figures
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paint
Richard Lindner Talk to Me Lithograph 1970 54/100 Signed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
left. Linder is known for his bizarrely erotic portraits which meld human figures with machine-like
Category
1970s Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Paper
Mobiles de Calder, mid century modern Alexander Calder abstract kinetic poster
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
for the National Police Gazette, which sent him to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Vintage Circus Figures
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
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Vintage Circus Figures For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, there are several options of vintage circus figures available for sale. A selection of these works in the modern, contemporary and Pop Art styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the vintage circus figures that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and white. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Alexander Calder, (after) Henri Matisse, Antonio Vangelli, Motke Blum and Henri Matisse produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph, paint and oil paint.
How Much are Vintage Circus Figures?
Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — vintage circus figures in our inventory begin at $173 and can go as high as $179,950, while the average can fetch as much as $1,625.
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