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Circus Elephants


John Steuart Curry, Circus Elephants, 1936, lithograph on cream wove paper, Bequest of Charles Henry Leavitt, © unknown, research required, 59.26.29

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Title

Circus Elephants

Artist

John Steuart Curry (American, 1897-1946)

Related People

publisher: Associated American Artists (American, established 1934)

Date

1936

Medium

lithograph on cream wove paper

Edition

edition of 250

Catalogue Raisonné

Cole 28; Czestochowski C-29; Windisch and Cole 71

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 9 x 12 3/4 in; sheet: 11 7/8 in x 16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

stamp: FROM PRINT COLLECTION // CHARLES HENRY LEAVITT, black ink, verso; lower middle Language: English

maker's mark: JSC, printed, lower right in stone

watermark: GCM

signature: John Steuart Curry, graphite, lower right

title; date: "Elephants" 1936, graphite, lower left Language: English

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

planographic print

Culture

American

Credit Line

Bequest of Charles Henry Leavitt

Accession Number

59.26.29

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

Animalia

circuses

elephant

lithography

planographic printing

planographic prints

Regionalist

wove paper

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Exhibitions

2017 Kingdom Animalia: Animals in Print from Dürer to Picasso Portland Art Museum

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