Some Clowns

1930

Laura Knight

Associated Names
Laura Knight

Artist, British, 1877 - 1970

This is a drawing of four figures dressed in clown or carnival attire. The drawing features four individuals seated in a row, each adorned with exaggerated costumes and facial expressions akin to clowns. The most prominent figure on the left is dressed in a suit with a large bow tie, and has distinctively painted facial features. To the right, another figure wears a broad-brimmed clown hat and bears a long fake nose. The other figures in the background add depth to the composition with their varied expressions and attire. The overall ambiance is one of performance and whimsy, expertly captured in linework and shading.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.93 × 24.77 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5204

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bolling/Withington 1993, no. 65


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1993

  • Bolling, G. Fredric, and Valerie A. Withington. The Graphic Work of Laura Knight, including a Catalogue Raisonné of Her Prints. England: Scolar Press, 1993, p. 127, no. 65.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 6/50; lower right in graphite: Laura Knight

Wikidata ID

Q65022985

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