Study for Strange Humour (or) The Unfunny Clown

Artist Patrick Duegaw (American, born 1966)

Printer The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date2017

MediumLithograph on Rives BFK paper

DimensionsImage: 22 1/2 × 19 inches (57.15 × 48.26 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 32 1/4 inches (55.88 × 81.92 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund

Object number2024.9.25

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DescriptionA man in a white clown suit is nailed to an irregular Cross. Both hands have red palms where the nails were hammered, and his feet are nailed. He has three black pompoms on his white conical hat and on his pot belly, and ruffles around his neck, wrists, and ankles. His face is old with a black beard and a red nose.Provenance

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