The trapeze artist and the white clown

The trapeze artist and the white clown
Gouache on paper signed with the monogram lower right
Dimensions : 
19,7 x 15,7 cm / 7.48 x 5.91 inch
Dimensions with frame : 
38,5 x 33 cm / 14.96 x 12.99 inch

Description of the artwork

The figure of the trapeze artist occupies a central place in Rops' work on the circus.
An engraving by the Musée Félicin Rops, on display at the “The Circus We Are!” exhibition from May to September 2022, shows exactly this representation of the artist seated on the trapeze bar and holding the ropes of her apparatus in her hands.

Origin

Private collection, France

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