Elie Nadelman

Two Circus Women

c. 1928–1929

Two conjoined standing female figures in a textured terracotta sculpture with arms at sides and braided hair.
Two conjoined standing female figures in a textured terracotta sculpture with arms at sides and braided hair.

Elie Nadelman, Two Circus Women, c. 1928–1929. Plaster covered with paper, overall: 62 × 40 7/8 × 17 1/2 in. (157.5 × 103.8 × 44.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund 99.90.4. © Estate of Elie Nadelman

Recto

Not on view

Date
c. 1928–1929

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Plaster covered with paper

Dimensions
Overall: 62 × 40 7/8 × 17 1/2 in. (157.5 × 103.8 × 44.5 cm)

Accession number
99.90.4

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Elie Nadelman

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