The Clown

1953

Marion Perkins

Associated Names
Marion Perkins
Sculptor, American, 1908 - 1961
The sculpture titled "The Clown" depicts a stylized human figure with exaggerated features. It is carved from stone, with a grayish hue, and exhibits a smooth texture with some rough patches. The figure has an elongated head and face, with prominent, rounded eyes and a pronounced nose. The mouth area is subtly indicated. The overall form is elongated and narrow.
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East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E407

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington, by 1982;[1] gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; aquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] The sculpture was shown in a 1982 exhibition of the Tibbs collection.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Margaret Burroughs, Marion Perkins: A Retrospective, The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Washington, 18 September - 30 November 1982, no. 7.

1987

  • Evans-Tibbs Collection of Harlem Renaissance Artists, Euphrates Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 17 July - 27 September 1987, no. 31.

Inscriptions

on the back: MP

Wikidata ID

Q63864264

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