Carousel, New Orleans

1952

Frank Paulin

Associated Names
Frank Paulin

Artist, American, 1926 - 2016

The image depicts a young girl riding a carousel horse. The girl is seated on a dark, elaborately decorated horse, gripping the pole with one hand. Her facial features are blurred due to motion, but she appears engaged with the ride. She has her hair pulled back and is wearing a light-colored dress with ruffled shoulders and a ribbon tied around the waist. She is not holding any objects other than the carousel pole, and no jewelry is visible. The background is a blur of lights and movement, typical of a carousel at a fairground or amusement park, with bright circular lights above.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bruce Silverstein, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York), 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in black ink: F Paulin; top right in graphite: 7/52; top right, underlined: Light; top right: New Orleans/52; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: FPA-01242-SP; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2009.019.004

Wikidata ID

Q64147678

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