Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)
- Oil On Canvas
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28 x 48 in
(71.12 x 121.92 cm)
- $14,000
- Georges Seurat
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Available
In their catalogue raisonné Dorra and Rewald (1959) list five studies associated with this painting: conté crayon drawings for the tree (DR180a) the trombone player (DR180b) and the clown and ringmaster (DR180c) an oil sketch of the overall composition (DR180) and an ink drawing of the overall composition (DR181a; but see Thomson 1985 who does not believe this drawing is by Seurat). De Hauke (1961) includes these same five studies (H667 680 669 186 681 respectively) as well as ten other drawings less closely related to the final picture. This painting was listed in an inventory of Seurat's studio of May 3 1891 shortly after his death (see Seyrès 1991) along with four drawings and three sketches or "croquetons" for it. The painting is known to represent the spectacle used to advertise the Cirque Corvi a miniature animal circus which was set up in 1887 at the Foire aux pains d'épice in the Place de la Nation in Paris.
- Subject Matter: City Life
- Collections: Example - Outsider Art Fair