Pierrot
- Watercolor
- 12 x 5.75 in
- Sir Alfred J. Munnings
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, in his autobiography, descries his fondness for the circus. åÊHe recollects a time when he "had been following a traveling circus round to some of the market towns." åÊLater in life, while writing the final volume of his autobiography, he looks back on the clowns and other circus performers he knew: "Mills' Circus! How Wonderful! A sight for the artist. åÊOften I made sketches there." åÊFrequently, he worked alongside Dame Laura Knight, one of his contemporaries, whose circus pictures to this day are immensely well received. Pierrot, the clown featured in the foreground, is a stock character in pant amine theater who was popular around the turn of the century in circus performances and the theater, particularly in Great Britain.
- Collections: KCG 2014