Tattooed Guy

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

Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date2001

MediumLithograph on Rives BFK grey paper

DimensionsImage: 21 × 16 inches (53.34 × 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (62.87 × 46.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger

Object number2023.40.7

Edition/State/Proof20/30

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Contemporary Art

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DescriptionMale figure crouches or sits, a smile on his face, his head in his proper right hand. Red, orange, yellow and blue curls in place of hair and ears; a nose ring, and a greenish left cheek. Brightly colored tattoos cover his arms and legs, most notably a sunburst in black, orange and red 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

C. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

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