Tattooed Guy from The Entertainer series

Artist Nicholas "Nick" Bubash (American, 1949 - 2021)

Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date2001

MediumKey stone (black) proof on grey paper

DimensionsImage: 21 1/2 × 15 1/4 inches (54.61 × 38.74 cm)
Sheet: 30 × 22 1/4 inches (76.2 × 56.52 cm)

Credit LineGift of The Lawrence Lithography Workshop

Object number2025.30.5

Edition/State/ProofKey proof

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DescriptionThis key stone proof on black paper for Tattooed Guy depicts a male figure who crouches or sits, a smile on his face, his head in his proper right hand. He has curls in place of hair and ears and a nose ring. Tattoos cover his arms and legs, most notably a sunburst on the side of his proper left thigh. A carnival tent with a curving entrance on the left. Fireworks overhead. On the right, a Ferris wheel and a painted clown’s face.Provenance

Provenance

The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (Michael Sims, Master Printer), Kansas City, MO, 2016;

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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