id:			317821
accession number:	2018.831
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.831
updated:		2022-01-04 18:09:26.860000

Circus: Untitled, 1958. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 24.8 x 16.4 cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.); paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.831 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled
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series:				Circus
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creation date:			1958
creation date earliest:		1958
creation date latest:		1958
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creditline:			Gift of an anonymous donor
copyright:			© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24.8 x 16.4 cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)"
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: "© Bruce Davidson-magnum"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "3"
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on verso: "102"
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on verso: "156"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "DAB 58-14H8/10"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
Traveling circuses seemed to be dying out when Davidson began to chronicle them in 1958.

digital description: 
Returning sporadically to the subject through 1967, he photographed the spectacle of performance, but was most strongly drawn to the performers’ mundane daily lives and the duality of their stage and real personalities. He paid special attention to Jimmy Armstrong, a clown and little person who adopted the name “Little Man” in his performances.

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