Clown alley / Robert Riggs. – Historic Reproduction
![Clown alley / Robert Riggs., [between 1930 and 1960(?)] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/dac647d5c270-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Clown alley / Robert Riggs. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Clown alley / Robert Riggs.
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Clown alley is the name circus performers gave to the cramped backstage area where clowns dressed, painted their faces, and waited for their cues, and Robert Riggs turned that unglamorous space into the subject of this lithograph. Riggs, an American painter and printmaker, was drawn to circus, boxing, and other popular entertainments of his era, and he tended to look past the spangle to the people behind it. The signature in pencil and the one on the stone show that he took part directly in the printing, which was not always true of artists working in the medium.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1960(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1930-1960. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil and on stone. |
| Subjects | Clowns--1930-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148353 |
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