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Old Clown Making Up, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Sloan, John 1871-1951
"The Phillips Collection: a summary catalogue," Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1985, no. 1619.
"The American paintings of the Phillips collection," Washington, D.C.: Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1944.
Scott, David W., and E. John Bullard, "John Sloan, 1871-1951: His Life and Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 70.
"John Sloan 1871-1951" New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, no. 22.
Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1991, no. 166.
Image on file.
"The Phillips Collection: a summary catalogue," Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1985, no. 1619.
American Art Review (Sept.-Oct. 1975): pg. 113.
Scott, David W., and E. John Bullard, "John Sloan, 1871-1951: His Life and Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 70.
Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1991, no. 166.
signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
1909
Control number
IAP 08750040
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
Phillips Collection 1600-1612 21st Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20009
Title
Clown Making Up, (painting)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Performing Arts--Circus--Clown
Recreation--Leisure--Grooming
Figure male
Record ID
siris_ari_253106
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply

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