The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Aerialist's Serenade

1948

Dean Ellis

(American, 1920–2009)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
oil on canvas
Unframed: 71.8 x 127.6 cm (28 1/4 x 50 1/4 in.)
Wishing Well Fund 1948.78
Location: Not on view
  • Dean Ellis Entry Card to 1948 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Waldman, Lawrence, and Henry Adams. Strange and Lonely Spaces: Magic Realism in Cleveland 1930 - 1960. 2021. Reproduced: pp. 36-37, fig. 20
  • Circus and Carnival. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-May 15, 1970).
    May Show Retrospective - 50 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 23-June 16, 1968).
    Work of Cleveland Artists for the 41st Annual Meeting of the College Art Association. The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-31, 1953).
    The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 13, 1948).
  • {{cite web|title=Aerialist's Serenade|url=false|author=Dean Ellis|year=1948|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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