Object Details
- Artist
- Albina Felski, born Fernie, British Columbia, Canada 1916-died 1996
- Luce Center Label
- Albina Felski often took almost a year to complete one painting, carefully working from the top to the bottom of a large canvas without making any sketches. This painting shows a chaotic eight-ring circus with almost every imaginable act taking place simultaneously, from dancing bears and trapeze artists to an animal tamer in a cage full of leopards. Felski was probably inspired by a childhood trip to the circus, and managed to cram all of her colorful, jumbled memories into one painting.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- 1971
- Object number
- 1986.65.108
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Folk Art
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 48 x 48 1/4 in. (122.0 x 122.4 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 23B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\lion
- Performing arts\circus\animal tamer
- Performing arts\circus\acrobat
- Recreation\carnival
- Performing arts\circus\clown
- Animal\zebra
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.108
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78e546f16-d4fb-4f0b-a337-96a27e9a9fb8
