Hurt Performer

Simka Simkhovitch

Associated Names
Simka Simkhovitch

Artist, American, born Russia, 1893 - 1949

The image shows four individuals. One woman is kneeling in the foreground, wearing a white tutu and a sleeveless top, with short wavy hair adorned with a flower. In front of her are a basin and a jug. To her right, a man sits on a rectangular box. A clown with exaggerated features stands behind them wearing traditional attire. Another man stands pulling aside a curtain in the background. The setting includes circus-like elements and a dimly lit, textured environment.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Estate of Simka Simkhovitch); Janet Marqusee Fine Arts Ltd., New York; Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 30 March 1989; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

In pencil: lower left, Hurt Performer; lower right, S. Simkovitch

Wikidata ID

Q76454789

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