The Big Top
Artist
Emil Kosa Jr.
(1903 - 1968)
Date1951
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 27 1/2 in. (61 x 69.9 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Hilbert Collection
Object number2017.034
DescriptionIn the 1950s, the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus provided Kosa with a circus pass so that he could go to their events and paint portraits of clowns and other circus subject matter. This painting depicts roustabouts taking a break while setting up tents in Los Angeles. On View
Not on view
