Images From the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art
by Gustafson, Donna et al
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- 1885444222
- ISBN 13
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Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2001. Softbound. VG+. Blue & illustrated wraps, French flaps, 184 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Issued in conjunction with several 2001-2002 exhibitions. The first look at this neglected area of American art in a long time, and certainly the most thorough. Includes essays by Donna Gustafson, Ellen Handy, Karal Ann Marling, Eugene R. Gaddis, and Lee Siegel. Contents as follows: Images from the world between : the circus in twentieth-century American art / Donna Gustafson -- Photographing 'The splendidest sight that ever was' : cruelty, alienation, and the grotesque in the shadow of the big top / Ellen Handy -- Clowns with bad attitudes : popular culture goes to the circus / Karal Ann Marling -- Chick Austin : the ringmaster at the museum / Eugene R. Gaddis -- Point/counterpoint : the circus in art, the circus in life / Lee Siegel.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
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- Title
- Images From the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art
- Author
- Gustafson, Donna et al
- Format/Binding
- Softbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1885444222
- ISBN 13
- 9781885444226
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- American Art ; Circus Art ; ;
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