Alexander Z. Kruse

Musical Clown
c. 1929

A black and white etching of a figure playing a tuba, with the instrument's large bell wrapping around the musician's body. The musician wears a top hat and is standing on a stage with curtains in the background. There is a shadowy figure lying on the ground in the foreground, possibly another performer. The artwork has a signature and edition number on the bottom.
A black and white etching of a figure playing a tuba, with the instrument's large bell wrapping around the musician's body. The musician wears a top hat and is standing on a stage with curtains in the background. There is a shadowy figure lying on the ground in the foreground, possibly another performer. The artwork has a signature and edition number on the bottom.

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Date
c. 1929

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 1/4in. (40.5 × 28.6 cm) Image: 14 1/2 × 8 5/16in. (36.8 × 21.1 cm)

Accession number
96.68.186

Edition
Ed. 75

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Alexander Z. Kruse
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