The circus is a dazzling world
filled with acrobats and harlequins, tumblers and riders,
monsters and celestial creatures. Now this engaging book sets
that world in a new light, examining how painters, sculptors,
and photographers from the eighteenth century to the present
have used the circus as a springboard for their imaginative
expression and have envisioned the clown as a metaphor for the
modern artist. The book presents more than 175 works by such
artists as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rouault, Picasso, Chagall,
and Leger. Some of these are masterful works shown for the first
time; these range from the 18-meter stage curtain Picasso
designed in 1917 for Erik Satie's ballet Parade to more intimate
works such as Nadar and Tournachon's photographs of Pierrot as
played by celebrated mime Charles Debureau.
Very large and heavy book
with dustjacket.
Condition: Fine with Fine
dustjacket. (Click on image above for close-up of front cover).
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