The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 30, 2026

A vertically oriented lithograph depicts a woman with a light skin tone suspended diagonally toward our right, head tilted back, dark hair pulled back, and mouth gripping a metal ring. She wears a white tiered dress with arms crossed. Below her, a figure stands on two horses facing left. A crowd populates the shadowy background of the circus ring, and the artist's signature is at our bottom right.

Circus Performer

Date unknown

Gifford Beal

(American, 1879–1956)
America
lithograph
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1941.462
Location: Not on view
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Mentioned: p. 18 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Circus Performer|url=false|author=Gifford Beal|year=null|access-date=30 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.462