Walt Kuhn

Musical Clown
1938

A painting of a solemn-faced man wearing a top hat and holding a brass tuba. He is dressed in a black jacket, white shirt, and brown trousers, with white gloves on his hands. The background is a muted blue, and the artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

A painting of a solemn-faced man wearing a top hat and holding a brass tuba. He is dressed in a black jacket, white shirt, and brown trousers, with white gloves on his hands. The background is a muted blue, and the artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

Not on view

Date
1938

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 40 1/8 × 30 1/4in. (101.9 × 76.8 cm)

Accession number
43.10

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2657

Exhibitions

Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century

Feb 25, 2000–May 20, 2006

Walt Kuhn
17 works in the collection

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