The Clown

Painting

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Clown

Entry/Object ID

2014.135

Description

Stylized human face and torso painted in a brushy, hasty manner with thick, rough strokes of muted flesh and cool tones in blobs and streaks

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of the Rosofsky Estate

Made/Created

Artist

Rosofsky, Seymour

Date made

1956

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

TR/V graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "S. Rosofksy"

Location

TR/V graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "233 W. North, 1436, Chicago"

Location

TC/V frame, graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "The Clown"

Location

BL/R, black pigment

Notes

Inscription Type: "S. Rosofsky"

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

canvas

Width

22 in

Length

32 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

22-3/4 in

Depth

1-3/8 in

Length

33 in