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Circus

Untitled (40485)

1958
(American, b. 1933)
America
gelatin silver print
Paper: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.828
Location: not on view
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Traveling circuses seemed to be dying out when Davidson began to chronicle them in 1958.

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.
Untitled (40485)

Untitled (40485)

1958

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America

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