Toy Display (Circus)

c. 1924

Paul Outerbridge

Associated Names
Paul Outerbridge

Artist, American, 1896 - 1959

There is a toy truck and a "Humpty Dumpty Circus" tent with toy figures under it. Behind them are tall, multi-windowed building facades. The color palette is in black and white. The large toy truck is to the right foreground, partially obscuring the tent to the left. Toy figures are in front of the tent, with one figure on a horse. The background shows building models stacked behind the circus setup, giving the illusion they are part of a city skyline.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Outerbridge, California; (G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 5, 1982 – January 16, 1983

1998

  • Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998 – January 18, 1999

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, bottom center of mount in graphite: I; bottom right: 6 1/2 x 7; bottom left stamped in black ink: ESTATE OF / PAUL / OUTERBRIDGE JR. / POC # [dotted line]; graphite annotation along dotted line: 566; by unknown hand, bottom right circled: 177; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1978.54

Wikidata ID

Q64158608

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