The Circus
1889
Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon (French, 1865–1938)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Circus, 1889. Attributed to Suzanne Valadon (French, 1865–1938). Oil on fabric; unframed: 48.8 x 60 cm (19 3/16 x 23 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.56 Besides being a prolific painter, Suzanne Valdon served as the model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- Maker/Artist
- Valadon, Suzanne
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 48.8 x 60 cm (19 3/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right, carved into wet paint with blunt end of brush: Suzanne Valadon 89 Souvenir
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.56
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- Circus and Carnival, The Circus in Art, <br>Cleveland Public Library. Circus and Carnival (1970), no cat.<br><br>Karamu House, Cleveland. Extended loan, May 1959-January 1970, June 1970-September 1975.<br><br>Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum; Gainesville, Fla., University Gallery. The Circus in Art (1976-77), 31 (repr.)., <em>The Hanna Collection of Modern Masterpieces.</em> J.B.Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY (February 13-March 5,1944).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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