Benjamin Jones

Three Ring Circus
2002

Three whimsical and surreal drawings by the same artist, each featuring a mix of human-like figures and fantastical creatures with exaggerated features and vibrant colors. The left drawing shows creatures with multiple eyes and pins in their heads, the middle one includes a humanoid figure with a skeletal face and a lion-like creature, and the right one displays a figure with a large, spiky headdress and a face with abstract features, alongside simple sketches of animal-like characters. Each piece is marked with the artist's signature and the year 2002.
Three whimsical and surreal drawings by the same artist, each featuring a mix of human-like figures and fantastical creatures with exaggerated features and vibrant colors. The left drawing shows creatures with multiple eyes and pins in their heads, the middle one includes a humanoid figure with a skeletal face and a lion-like creature, and the right one displays a figure with a large, spiky headdress and a face with abstract features, alongside simple sketches of animal-like characters. Each piece is marked with the artist's signature and the year 2002.

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Date
2002

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, wax crayon and colored pencil on paper (a); Graphite pencil and wax crayon on paper (b); Graphite pencil and wax crayon on paper (c); Graphite pencil on paper (d);

Dimensions
Overall: 18 3/16 × 35 3/16in. (46.2 × 89.4 cm)

Accession number
2002.333a-d

Series
Circus Series

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Judith Alexander

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/18239

Benjamin Jones
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