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Vintage Tightrope

Brutalist Highwire Tightrope Walker Sculpture
By Émile Antoine Bourdelle, Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol 2
Located in Garnerville, NY
Brutalist period highwire artist in black patinated steel. The aerialist artist comes in two piece with the base and the actual sculpture that fits into the shoe on the base. The art...
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1970s Brutalist Vintage Tightrope

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Steel, Iron

Tightrope Walkers- Vintage b/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Tightrope Walkers- Vintage b/w Photo realized in the Late 1980s. With the handwriting on the rear
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1980s Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Photographic Paper

Walking the Tightrope, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left This work was featured on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 11, 1949 The Post described the cover as follows: "Having ...
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1940s Vintage Tightrope

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Canvas, Oil

Klee, Tightrope Walker, Prints of Paul Klee (after)
By Paul Klee
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Prints of Paul Klee, 1945. Published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Cu...
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1940s Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Etching

Tightrope: abstract modern minimalist color field drawing with rainbow colors
By Gene Davis
Located in New York, NY
careful movement of a tightrope walker, while the delicate stripes suggest the passage of time and the
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1970s Abstract Vintage Tightrope

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Lithograph

Modernist Bronze Circus Ring Le Grand Chapiteau Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
trapeze artists, acrobats, a tightrope walker, harlequin clowns, a ringleader and horses. A nostalgic
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1950s French Vintage Tightrope

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Bronze

Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Tightrope Walkers- Vintage b/w Photo realized in the Late 1980s. With the handwriting on the rear
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1980s Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Photographic Paper

Litho Circus Poster, Clown and Circus Scenes, Willsons Leicester
Located in Antwerp, BE
Circus Scenes - Circus acts: Stunts with and on horses, vaulting, elephant acts, tightrope walking
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vintage Tightrope

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Paper

'The Green Hat', California, SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the human condition with characters who seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Tightrope

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil, Paper

'The Green Shoes', SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, California, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the human condition with characters who seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Tightrope

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil

Hands in Nature - Original Lithograph by Mariano Villalta - 1960s
By Mariano Villalta
Located in Roma, IT
margin with pencil. Mariano Villalta (1928-1984) "a tightrope walker poised between the territories of
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1960s Surrealist Vintage Tightrope

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Lithograph

12 Le Cirque N.Y. Oval 12" Plates Designed By Adam D. Tihany For Villeroy & Boch
By Adam Tihany
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Adam D. Tihany. The plates with red trapeze artist, tightrope and ladder. Marked on verso designed by
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20th Century Luxembourgish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Porcelain

12 Le Cirque N.Y. Oval 11" Plates Designed By Adam D. Tihany For Villeroy & Boch
By Adam Tihany
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Adam D. Tihany. The plates with red trapeze artist, tightrope and ladder. Marked on verso designed by
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20th Century Luxembourgish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Porcelain

Polish, Cyrk, Circus Poster, 1970, Vintage, Unicycle Gentlemen, Hilscher
Located in Bath, Somerset
. Hilscher's tightrope unicyclist is one very dapper gentlemen! The ‘Cyrk” circus poster in Poland appeared
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20th Century Polish Vintage Tightrope

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Paper

Blondin Crossing Niagara
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Blondin was an acrobat famous for crossing Niagara Falls on a single 1,100-foot-long tightrope on June 30
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1950s Vintage Tightrope

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Masonite, Oil

1970s Jean Michel Folon "Equlibriste" Serigraph for Gallerie Marquet, Paris
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in San Carlos, CA
Excellent serigraph after Jean Michel Folon's serigraph "equlibriste" or "tightrope walker
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1970s French Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Paper

William P. Hicks, Circus
Located in New York, NY
bicycles and skates, dancing clowns in funny clothes, an elephant, and a tightrope walker with a pole. The
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1930s American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Etching

'Playing with Socks', San Francisco Women's College, San Francisco Art Institute
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the human condition with characters who seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Tightrope

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil, Acrylic

Artist Modern Sculptural SterlingSilverWire Script Letter H or Acrobat Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
performances animating wire acrobat sculptures on an aerial set for his legendary circus-themed work Tightrope
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Sterling Silver

L'Oiseau
By Joan Miró
Located in Palm Desert, CA
something less, but other bronzes of 1970 such as The Tightrope Walker (Tate Museum, London) and Personnage
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Tightrope

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Bronze

L'Oiseau
L'Oiseau
H 23.875 in W 20 in D 16.125 in
Whistle lino-cut from George Nama suite Tight Rope 1974
By George Nama
Located in Paonia, CO
Whistle by American artist George Nama is from ” Tightrope ” a suite of ten lino-cuts
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1970s American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Linocut

Safety Pin from George Nama's suite " Tight Rope " 1974
By George Nama
Located in Paonia, CO
Safety Pin by American artist George Nama is from ” Tightrope ” a suite of ten lino-cuts
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1970s American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Linocut

Homage to Matisse
By Inez Storer
Located in San Francisco, CA
seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many ideas from her studio collection of old
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1990s Other Art Style Vintage Tightrope

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Mixed Media, Oil, Panel

"Diagrams" Monotype with collage
By Inez Storer
Located in San Francisco, CA
walking tightropes. She gets many ideas from her studio collection of old postcards, toys, photos and
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Tightrope

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Monotype

Sculpture Entitled "Petite musique de nuit" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1991
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

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Brutalist Stone Sculpture of a Male Torso by Noëlle Favre
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Brutalist Stone Sculpture of a Male Torso by Artist Noëlle Favre (1931-2002). France, circa 1980.
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1980s French Brutalist Vintage Tightrope

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Stone

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Silver Gelatin

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude male torso with washes of light aqua/sage ...
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Tightrope

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

19th century wood carving of a male torso
Located in Baambrugge, NL
19th century life-size wood carving of a male torso. On a black steel base. h 148 x w 42 x d 33 cm
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19th Century French Vintage Tightrope

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Wood

19th century wood carving of a male torso
19th century wood carving of a male torso
H 58.27 in W 16.54 in D 13 in
Male Marble Torso On Black Marble Base
Located in Southall, GB
A handsome hand-carved marble male torso in white marble on a black marble square base. The torso is skilfully carved with rippling muscles which complement the smoothness of the mar...
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Late 20th Century European Classical Greek Vintage Tightrope

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Marble

Male Marble Torso On Black Marble Base
Male Marble Torso On Black Marble Base
H 53.15 in W 17.72 in D 12.21 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co., Paulding Farnham.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum qua...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Vintage Tightrope

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Sterling Silver

Parisian Male Apollo Torso
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large Apollo Torso Sourced from Paris, France, by Martyn Lawrence Bullard Fitted with Mount and original hand-painting
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21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Vintage Tightrope

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Epoxy Resin

Parisian Male Apollo Torso
Parisian Male Apollo Torso
H 28 in W 24 in D 12 in
Picasso and the Human Comedy. A Suite of 180 Drawings by Picasso. (Verve 29-30)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
The American Edition of Verve 29/30, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 180 PICASSO drawings executed in Vallauris from 28 November to 3 February 1954. 164 heliogra...
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1950s Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Offset

Roman Style Marble Torso On A Black Marble Base
Located in Southall, GB
A handsomely carved male marble torso on a black marble base. The carving is detailed and realistic, clearly depicting the contours and muscles. The marble has a aged look, matt with...
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Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Vintage Tightrope

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Carrara Marble

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Zajac, American, born 1929 1964 Etching and aquatint hand printed on Fabriano paper, pencil signed and editioned. Edition Roman Numeral III Image: 12 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (31.9 x 2...
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1960s Surrealist Vintage Tightrope

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Etching, Aquatint

Large Marble Torso On Black Marble Stand
Located in Southall, GB
A skilfully carved and detailed Greek Style Male torso in white marble on a black marble stand. The contours of the muscles are defined, the marble smooth. A striking bust that would...
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Late 20th Century European Classical Greek Vintage Tightrope

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Marble

Large Marble Torso On Black Marble Stand
Large Marble Torso On Black Marble Stand
H 51.19 in W 29.53 in D 14.18 in
Untitled
By Roland Petersen
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Roland Petersen. This Untitled, oil on canvas, abstract painting is executed in thick and lush impasto, in colors primarily of greens, blues, teals, white, red, ochre a...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Tightrope

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Canvas, Oil

The Parade - Lithograph on Wove Paper - Verve, Mourlot
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, FR
(after) Pablo PICASSO The Parade Lithograph, 1954 With the blind stamp of the editor (Ed. Verve) Size 27 x 37 cm (c. 10.65 x 14.6 inch) A lithograph on wove paper after a drawing b...
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1950s Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Lithograph

Central Park, Winter
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: Guy Wiggins / Guy Wiggins; on verso (photo available): CENTRAL PARK. WINTER. / GUY WIGGINS N.A. / 1936.
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Tightrope

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Canvas, Oil

Flowers
By Lê Phổ
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Flowers" is a still life painting by Vietnamese Modernist painter Lê Phổ. The painting is signed lower right, "Le Pho". The framed painting measures 37 1/2 x 30 x 2 1/8 in. Lê Phổ ...
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1960s Impressionist Vintage Tightrope

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Oil, Canvas

Flowers
Flowers
H 28.75 in W 21.25 in
Klee, Buffoonery, Prints of Paul Klee (after)
By Paul Klee
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Prints of Paul Klee, 1945. Published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Cu...
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1940s Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Etching

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UNTITLED (TIGHTROPE WALKER)
By Benedict Michael Tatti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Modern Subject: Figures Medium: Metal, Wood Dimensions: 18" x 10 1/2" x 20 1/4" Weight: 12.4 lbs.
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20th Century Vintage Tightrope

Tightrope Walker by Alan John, original mono print on paper c.1980
By Alan John
Located in London, GB
A stunning original work by British painter / sculptor Alan John, dating from the early 1980's. Alan John has been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Show since 1951....
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Late 20th Century British Vintage Tightrope

Hermès Circus Porcelain Service (6 pieces set)
By Hermès
Located in Somo (Santander), ES
clown" (Clown's hat) Diameter: 15 cm Height: 15,5 cm "Le funambule bleu" (Tightrope walk plate
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1990s French Vintage Tightrope

La Madeleine, Paris
By Charles Blondin
Located in New York, NY
funambulist (tightrope walker) and the first of his profession to walk across Niagara Falls. The paucity of
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1940s Impressionist Vintage Tightrope

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Oil

Rolex Yellow Gold Stainless Steel GMT Root Beer Dial Wristwatch
By Rolex
Located in New York, NY
movies. The Root beer GMT 1675 fitted with a Jubilée bracelet was featured in Tightrope, but also the
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1970s Swiss Vintage Tightrope

Eternity
Located in Stonington, CT
texture and layering, by depth and response to both material and experience. I feel I walk a tightrope
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Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage Tightrope

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Wood

Eternity
Eternity
H 24 in W 19.5 in D 4 in
Tightrope Ladies
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Arthur Felling, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) is America's premiere photojournalist and one of the 20th century's most influential photographers. He would become famous, beyond...
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1950s American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Silver Gelatin

1973 Jean-Michel Folon 'Tightrope Walker/Equlibriste' Surrealism Serigraph
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 29.75 x 22 inches ( 75.565 x 55.88 cm )_x000B_Image Size: 24 x 22 inches ( 60.96 x 55.88 cm )_x000B_Framed: No_x000B_Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handlin...
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1970s Vintage Tightrope

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Screen

Standing Male Boy Nudes Acrobats Pulling Ropes and walking on Tightropes
Located in New York, NY
Robert Bliss Oil on board 40 x 43 inches 42 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches. Standing and sitting nude men on ropes
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Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Tightrope

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Oil, Board

Whimsical French 1950s Cast Bronze Circus Ring
Located in San Francisco, CA
trapeze artist, tightrope walker, trained seal, acrobats, Pierrot-dressed clowns and horses all under the
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1950s French Folk Art Vintage Tightrope

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Bronze

Pair of Bronze Figures Encased in Lucite Blocks
Located in Palm Desert, CA
features a figure walking a tightrope and with a two-person audience below. The other features a reclining
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1970s American Vintage Tightrope

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Brass, Copper

Jonas Bohlin 'Zink' shelves for Källemo, Sweden, late 20th century
By Källemo, Jonas Bohlin
Located in London, GB
designer walking the tightrope between art and design. The shelves form a vertical zigzag, with six ledges
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20th Century Swedish Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Concrete, Metal

Sculpture Entitled "La Vénus de Vergigny" by Pierre Martinon, circa 2007
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Tensions" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1993
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon has experienced “those
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Apesanteur" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1990
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Elegance" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1987
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Par devers soi" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1995
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

CYRK Tightrope Balancing Bear 1960s Polish Circus Poster, Syska
Located in Bath, Somerset
A very rare early 1960s Polish Cyrk (Circus) poster designed by Maria Syska featuring powerful artwork of a rather sad looking balancing bear. Super rich colors This vintage poste...
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20th Century Polish Vintage Tightrope

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Paper

Tightrope: abstract modern minimalist color field drawing with rainbow colors
By Gene Davis
Located in New York, NY
careful movement of a tightrope walker, while the delicate stripes suggest the passage of time and the
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1970s Abstract Vintage Tightrope

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Lithograph

Tightrope: abstract modern minimalist color field drawing with rainbow colors
By Gene Davis
Located in New York, NY
careful movement of a tightrope walker, while the delicate stripes suggest the passage of time and the
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1970s Abstract Vintage Tightrope

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Lithograph

Polish, Cyrk, Circus Poster, 1970, Vintage, Unicycle Gentlemen, Hilscher
Located in Bath, Somerset
. Hilscher's tightrope unicyclist is one very dapper gentlemen! This vintage poster is from its very first
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20th Century Polish Vintage Tightrope

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Paper

Moschino Larioseta Scarf J Aime le Cirque de la Mode I love the fashion Circus
By Moschino
Located in Portland, OR
scarf has a cream background and features a circus themed print that includes clowns, tightrope walkers
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1990s Italian Vintage Tightrope

Large Original 6.5-Foot Framed Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Ed Gilliam
By Ed Gilliam
Located in Encino, CA
tightrope walkers to balancing bears to the ringmaster to performances with big cats, this painting comes
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1990s Abstract Vintage Tightrope

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Oil

Untitled, Woman
By Inez Storer
Located in San Francisco, CA
walking tightropes. She gets many ideas from her studio collection of old postcards, toys, photos and
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Watercolor

Untitled, Woman
Untitled, Woman
H 18.15 in W 14.15 in D 1 in
Ceramic Sculpture Entitled "Roche à Emporter" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1988
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon has experienced “those
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Bascule" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1994
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Cyrk Woman on Tightrope 1967 Polish Circus Poster, Wiktor Gorka
By Wiktor Gorka
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore the colours and design on this wonder original first edition Polish Circus poster from 1967. Another fantastic design by one of the most celebrated Polish School of Posters ...
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20th Century Polish Vintage Tightrope

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Paper

Sculpture Entitled " Odyssee" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1995
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Ascendante" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1989
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture itself.” It is a struggle, an unquiet conquest, a lengthy walk along a tightrope. Pierre Martinon
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

Large Steel Sculpture "Tightrope 71"
Located in North Hollywood, CA
tape stating "Tightrope 71." I assume the 71 refers to the date the art was completed. The figures are
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tightrope

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Steel

Rare Marc Petit 1950s Aubusson Tapestry
By Marc Petit
Located in Paris, FR
crossing tightrope walkers in dreamlike landscapes. This tapestry is in excellent condition.
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1950s French Vintage Tightrope

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Wool

Rare Marc Petit 1950s Aubusson Tapestry
Rare Marc Petit 1950s Aubusson Tapestry
H 124.41 in W 109.45 in D 0.04 in
Pair of Art Deco Candlesticks by Laura Knight for Clarice cliff
By Dame Laura Knight, Clarice Cliff
Located in London, GB
, acrobats and tightrope walkers, linked by a recurring clown motif. The design was to feature centrally in
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20th Century British Art Deco Vintage Tightrope

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Ceramic

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Vintage Tightrope For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage tightrope you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many Abstract, Contemporary and Modern versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a vintage tightrope 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 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a vintage tightrope to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, black, brown, purple and more. A vintage tightrope from Gene Davis, Stevan Dohanos, Rodney Smith, Benedict Michael Tatti and Weegee — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, oil paint and paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Vintage Tightrope?

The average selling price for a vintage tightrope we offer is $3,600, while they’re typically $250 on the low end and $315,000 for the highest priced.